I’ve been watching a Ruski YT channel where an odd young guy walks around and interviews Russians about politics and social issues and while a lot of people are very much aware they’re living in a very censored and oppressive society, a disturbing number of them, both old and young still believe that they have freedom of press and freedom of speech. Not surprising at all, but still crazy to see.

I’m also very worried for the guy, I think it’s only a matter of time he gets locked up.

This is the best summary I could come up with:

Moscow’s court has sentenced journalist Marina Ovsyannikova, who protested live on air against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, to 8.5 years in jail.

Dozens of people have been either jailed or fined for “discrediting” the country’s military - in what rights groups say is an unprecedented crackdown on dissent under President Vladimir Putin.

In a statement on Wednesday, the court in the Russian capital announced that Maria Ovsyannikova was sentenced to eight years and six months imprisonment in a “general regime penal colony”.

The charges were brought soon after she had staged a protest near Moscow’s Kremlin - President Putin’s official residence - in July 2022.

During the trial, several Ovsyannikova family members, including her ex-husband and son, took the stand on the prosecution’s side, according to Russia’s Mediazone website.

Her visit to Ukraine last summer to cover the war for Germany’s Die Welt newspaper outraged many Ukrainians, who demanded her immediate sacking.

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