A teenage girl in St. Petersburg has been charged with discrediting the Russian armed forces over a comment she allegedly wrote on an art installation symbolizing "friendship" between Russia’s second-largest city and the Ukrainian city of Mariupol, which was destroyed by Russian bombs during Moscow’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine. On December 18, less than a week after the installation was unveiled in St. Petersburg's Palace Square, the words “Murderers, you bombed it to ruins yourselves!" appeared on the installation. Police told RFE/RL that the girl, who was not identified, was briefly detained on December 19 and released after she was charged. To read the original story by RFE/RL's North.Realities, click here.
Russian Teenager Charged With Discrediting Armed Forces After Text Scrawled On St. Petersburg Public Artwork
The words “Murderers, you bombed it to ruins yourselves!" appeared on the art installation symbolizing "friendship" between St Petersburg and the Ukrainian city of Mariupol