On September 19, a court in Kaliningrad sentenced Andrei Lugovoi to six years for disseminating anti-war statements regarding Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The charge was spreading false information about the military. Lugovoi, who was arrested in December 2023, has rejected the accusations, highlighting the escalating crackdown on dissent in Russia since the beginning of the Ukraine war.
Since the onset of Russia's full-scale aggression against Ukraine in February 2022, numerous individuals have faced severe penalties for vocalizing opposition to the state narrative, with many receiving lengthy prison sentences under laws targeting the dissemination of what authorities deem false information about the military.
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