Author: Al Jazeera
Published on: 18/04/2025 | 00:00:00
AI Summary:
Daria Kozyreva, 19, was found guilty of repeatedly “discrediting” the Russian army. On Friday, she pleaded not guilty, calling the case against her “one big fabrication” on a trial transcript. In early 2024, after being fined 30,000 roubles ($370) for posting about Ukraine online, Kozyreva was expelled from Saint Petersburg State University. A month later, on the war’s second anniversary, she taped a piece of paper containing a fragment of verse by Taras Shevchenko, the father of modern Ukrainian literature, onto a statue of him in a Saint Petersburg park. The United States has designated him “wrongfully detained” and is seeking his release. The United States is seeking the release of the wrongful detainee.
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