Friends of a Russian artist facing a decade locked away after switching supermarket price tags for anti- war labels say she has been subjected to aggression and psychological torture by authorities.
Alexandra Skochilenko, 31, was arrested on 11 April after another shopper reported her to police for putting labels on store shelves detailing Russian actions in Ukraine – a chilling echo of Soviet era denunciations.
She was charged under draconian new laws passed by the Putin regime to stop what they deem “fake news” about the war and has been detained ahead of a trial in June.
