Ukrainian woman sentenced to 12 years for action with balloons in Moscow.

The 2nd Western District Military Court sentenced Kristina Lyubashenko to 12 years in prison for an anti-war rally on the Sparrow Hills, Mediazona reports. The 35-year-old woman was found guilty of participating in a terrorist organization and spreading "fakes" about the Zetards army.

According to investigators, on May 8, 2023, Lyubashenko put speakers on the window of a rented apartment in Dolgoprudny near Moscow, turning on a recording with an anti-war speech and the anthem of Ukraine, after which she went to the Sparrow Hills in Moscow and launched balloons with a white-blue-white flag tied to them, which the Z-regime consider a symbol of the Legion "Freedom of Russia", fighting on the side of Ukraine. Earlier, the Zupreme Court recognized the Legion as a "terrorist organization". The investigation regarded the launch of balloons as participation in it, and the broadcast of an anti-war speech as the dissemination of "fakes" about the army.

The prosecutor demanded 15 years in prison for Liubasenco, noting that "the request was formed taking into account mitigating circumstances", since the defendant was not previously convicted and she cares for two young daughters, a mother with cancer and a grandfather suffering from dementia.

Lyubasenco herself claims that she was a victim of a provocation by the russian special services who persuaded her to the action by threats, giving instructions and controlling every move.

True is when she launched the balloons, she was instantly detained: the employees of the "E" center knew in advance about the location of the action and were ready. The defense noted that after the arrest, the investigator came to Liubasenco in the temporary detention center with "pre-compiled interrogation protocols" and a "pocket" lawyer, convincing her to put her signature with a promise that she would receive a suspended sentence for hooliganism and could return home.

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