Sasha Skochilenko, an artist from St Petersburg arrested for protesting Russia's invasion of Ukraine, was among 16 individuals released in a historic prisoner swap between the US, Germany, and Russia.
Skochilenko's act of replacing supermarket labels to reveal information about Russia's destruction of Mariupol highlighted the suppression of free speech under Putin, with her trial emphasizing her vulnerability in prison due to medical conditions.
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