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UK-based Akunin was placed on the "foreign agents" list in January due to his opposition to Russia's war in Ukraine. A criminal case has been opened against him for "justifying terrorism" and spreading "fake news" to discredit the Russian armed forces.
On Dec. 28, 2023, Russian poet Artyom Kamardin, 33, was sentenced to seven years in prison for reading his anti-war poetry at a 2022 Moscow peace rally to protest the