Anti-War Store Owner Released From St. Petersburg Prison

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A store owner in St
painted his store in pacifist slogans.He was arrested after staging a one-man picket outside of his store in February 2023 to mark the
news outlet Bumaga on Fridayshowed Skurikhin in prison attire being greeted by his wife and family outside of a penal colony in St
Petersburg.Skurikhin, who has criticized Russian military action in Ukraine since 2014, did not comment on whether he planned to continue
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