A 19-year-old Russian woman was sentenced to 2 years and 8 months in prison

A court in the Russian city of St. Petersburg has sentenced 19-year-old Darya Kozyreva to two years and eight months in a general regime colony.

The case was about the alleged “discrediting” of the Russian army because of a poster on the pedestal of Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko (Wikipedia) with a fragment of his poem.

The Russian state prosecution asked for six years of colony for the girl. Mediazona writes about it.

During the sentencing, Daria began her last word with Shevchenko’s poem.

Then she spoke about how Ukraine fought for its independence.

“Ukraine is a free country, a free nation, and it will decide its own fate. If someone broadcasts the narratives of the invader, that’s how Ukrainians will hate him,” she said.

The girl also said that she dreams that Ukraine will return its Russian-occupied lands, including both Donbass and Crimea.

Kozyreva was detained on February 24, 2024, after she pasted on the pedestal of the monument to Taras Shevchenko a poster with a fragment of his poem.

The girl was initially detained under the article on disobedience to the police, but then a case was opened for repeated “discrediting” of the Russian army.

At the trial, Kozyreva insisted that Taras Shevchenko’s poems could not discredit the Russian army.

After all, the Russian Federation itself did not yet exist in the years of the Ukrainian poet’s life.

VIDEO. The Testament by. Poem by Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko.