A Moscow court on Monday sentenced a 64-year-old pensioner to 8 years in jail for spreading intentionally false info about the Russian militarys actions in Ukraine, independent media outlet Mediazona reported.Konstantin Seleznev was sentenced for publishing two posts on the social networks site VKontakte (VK), where he spoke up versus the Russian militarys criminal activities in Ukraine, consisting of the 2022 massacre of civilians in the Kyiv suburb of Bucha.In his second post, Seleznev called President Vladimir Putin the leader of a terrorist state and specified he did rule out him a legitimate president.Seleznev was detained in October 2023.
During a pretrial hearing, he ended up being unhealthy and lost consciousness.He also stated he was dealing with pressure in the detention center from other prisoners and was later on moved to an overcrowded cell in another detention facility.Seleznev signs up with a long list of people jailed for dissent against the war in Ukraine.
Russia outlawed discrediting and spreading out intentionally incorrect information about the Russian military soon after it got into Ukraine in 2022.
In November, Russian authorities sentenced pediatrician Nadezhda Buyanova, 68, to five-and-a-half years in prison for criticizing the war in Ukraine during a patient visit.In January 2024, Yevgeniya Maiboroda, a 73-year-old pensioner, was sentenced to five-and-a-half years in prison for sharing a post online about Russias military casualties in Ukraine.Maiboroda pleaded guilty however denied she was encouraged by political hatred as prosecutors alleged.She shared 2 posts on VK, one a psychological video about the conflict and the other on the number of soldiers killed.