The debate, despite fears, continues in the open. Defender Margarita Kislyakova begins with Skochilenko’s personality characteristics: she led an active social life, worked in journalism, was involved in charity work, and in 2014 she drew a comic book about depression, which was then used by psychiatrists in their work.
Each of the “price tags,” according to Kislyakova, could be considered truthful by the OSCE mission. However, even its representatives agree that many facts can neither be confirmed nor refuted.
“It’s very painful to watch how a young girl is behind bars for a long time, but with a large number of chronic diseases,” lawyer Dmitry Gerasimov continues the debate. He says the same thing: the information on the price tags was not deliberately false for his client.
Skochilenko herself speaks last in the debate. She says she does not admit guilt in disseminating deliberately false information: “I am deeply convinced that I acted in order to protect the interests of the Russian Federation and its citizens, as well as in order to maintain international peace and security, but I am afraid that I understand the article differently "
Both bailiffs present in the hall look attentively at the artist. She speaks more and more from herself and reads less: “I am filled with a feeling of compassion. I feel sorry for any soldiers, any civilians in any cities.”
Skochilenko calls the “price tags” printed for the store an art object and does not agree with the prosecutor’s position regarding the eight years of imprisonment: “I categorically disagree with this request. My former neighbor in the pre-trial detention center was asked to serve 8 years for 300 grams of drugs.” Prosecutor Gladyshev also looks at Skochilenko, but then looks away.
Her business, according to the artist, is “as simple as three kopecks.” Skochilenko quotes an employee of Pre-trial Detention Center No. 5, who in a personal conversation once said: “What can we consider there?”
As a result, it took almost 30 meetings to consider the case. The verdict is scheduled to be announced on November 16.
Reference
Artist Sasha Skochilenko was detained in April 2022. She was accused of replacing price tags in a store on Vasilyevsky Island with stickers about events in Ukraine. A pensioner noticed the substitution: she filed a complaint with the store employees, and then with the police. Skochilenko’s actions were assessed as “public dissemination of deliberately false information about the use of the RF Armed Forces based on political hatred” (Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). The article provides for a fine of 3 to 5 million rubles, forced labor or imprisonment for a term of 5 to 10 years.
"I feel sorry for any soldiers"
The debate, despite fears, continues in the open. Defender Margarita Kislyakova begins with Skochilenko’s personality characteristics: she led an active social life, worked in journalism, was involved in charity work, and in 2014 she drew a comic book about depression, which was then used by psychiatrists in their work.
Each of the “price tags,” according to Kislyakova, could be considered truthful by the OSCE mission. However, even its representatives agree that many facts can neither be confirmed nor refuted.
“It’s very painful to watch how a young girl is behind bars for a long time, but with a large number of chronic diseases,” lawyer Dmitry Gerasimov continues the debate. He says the same thing: the information on the price tags was not deliberately false for his client.
Skochilenko herself speaks last in the debate. She says she does not admit guilt in disseminating deliberately false information: “I am deeply convinced that I acted in order to protect the interests of the Russian Federation and its citizens, as well as in order to maintain international peace and security, but I am afraid that I understand the article differently "
Both bailiffs present in the hall look attentively at the artist. She speaks more and more from herself and reads less: “I am filled with a feeling of compassion. I feel sorry for any soldiers, any civilians in any cities.”
Skochilenko calls the “price tags” printed for the store an art object and does not agree with the prosecutor’s position regarding the eight years of imprisonment: “I categorically disagree with this request. My former neighbor in the pre-trial detention center was asked to serve 8 years for 300 grams of drugs.” Prosecutor Gladyshev also looks at Skochilenko, but then looks away.
Her business, according to the artist, is “as simple as three kopecks.” Skochilenko quotes an employee of Pre-trial Detention Center No. 5, who in a personal conversation once said: “What can we consider there?”
As a result, it took almost 30 meetings to consider the case. The verdict is scheduled to be announced on November 16.
Reference
Artist Sasha Skochilenko was detained in April 2022. She was accused of replacing price tags in a store on Vasilyevsky Island with stickers about events in Ukraine. A pensioner noticed the substitution: she filed a complaint with the store employees, and then with the police. Skochilenko’s actions were assessed as “public dissemination of deliberately false information about the use of the RF Armed Forces based on political hatred” (Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). The article provides for a fine of 3 to 5 million rubles, forced labor or imprisonment for a term of 5 to 10 years.