"The Ukrainian-born jewellery artist Aleksandr Dotsenko, who was serving a three-year prison sentence in Russia for allegedly placing anti-war slogans in a supermarket in the Leningrad region, died on 19 February of a heart attack, according to media reports."
"The pair pleaded innocent and their lawyers alleged there were numerous violations in the investigation, including the incorrect translation of texts from Ukrainian into Russian in order to indicate threats against Vladimir Putin."
"The prosecutor, by bringing charges based solely on fabrications, conjectures, guesses, and speculation, is effectively wiping his feet on the Russian Federation's judicial system."
"His lawyer said that prison authorities failed to immediately inform him or Dotsenko's family of his hospitalisation."
Aleksandr Dotsenko, a Ukrainian-born jewellery artist aged 65, died of a heart attack on 19 February while serving a three-year prison sentence in Russia for allegedly placing anti-war slogans in a Leningrad-region supermarket. Dotsenko and his wife, artist Anastasia Dyudyaeva, were convicted in July 2024 of "public calls for terrorist activities," with Dyudyaeva sentenced to three-and-a-half years. Investigators alleged the slogans threatened the life of the President to stop his public activities. The couple pleaded innocent and their lawyers alleged numerous investigative violations, including incorrect translation of Ukrainian texts. Prison authorities reportedly delayed notifying family of Dotsenko's hospitalisation.
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