“The Death of the Regime.” The Russian 10th grade student is to serve 3.5 years in prison. The prosecutor demanded five years in a penal colony

Russian media reported that it was the first time Russia had jailed a minor for his anti-war views.

According to information from the Russian-language website BBC News and human rights defenders, the second defendant in the case, 19-year-old Alexander Snezkov, was sentenced to six years for painting the sign “Death to the regime” on the outskirts of the Siberian city of Chita. Novaya Gazeta server informs.

The prosecutor demanded seven years for Sněžkov and five years for Lizunová in a penal colony for the fact that, in addition to the mentioned inscription, they also reported on social networks about “direct anti-war actions”, in particular about setting fire to military messages.

The third accused, twenty-three-year-old Vladislav Vishnevsky, received “only” one and a half years of community service.

Lizunov was transferred from house arrest to pre-trial detention two weeks ago because she once came home two hours late. She thus became the first underage schoolgirl to be imprisoned for anti-war protests.

Lizunov and Sněžkov were arrested by agents of the FSB secret service, the successor to the Soviet secret police KGB, the day before last October, right at the moment when they were painting the sign “Death to the Regime” on the garages on the outskirts of Čita. When the agents asked them who had painted the sign, Snezkov replied that he did not know and, considering the agents to be ordinary passers-by, exchanged a few insults with them before they pulled out their IDs.

Lizunová was placed in pre-trial detention at the beginning of this month. At the time, lawyer Yevgeny Smirnov told reporters that a minor could be transferred from house arrest to pre-trial detention only if there was a change in circumstances, such as a violation of previously imposed restrictions or a new criminal complaint.