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A Russian military court has sentenced a theater director to eight years in prison for anti-war comments that include calls to kill
network Vkontakte.Berezhinskaya accused Russian soldiers of killing civilians and destroying cities in the first months following the
full-scale invasion of February 2022
genuine call to murder the Kremlin leader, Mediazona reported.Moscow has denied targeting civilians throughout the nearly three-year war it
counter on Vkontakte, some of Berezhinskaya's posts had been viewed just 60-130 times as of Thursday
Russia has blocked access to her page inside the country.Mediazona reported that Berezhinskaya has two children aged eight and 10 and has
been diagnosed with a personality disorder, which did not require compulsory treatment and did not prevent her from standing trial.AFP
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