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Olga Misik sits in front of police officers during an unsanctioned rally in the center of Moscow, July 27, 2019.
Olga Misik, a 19-year-old journalism student at Moscow University, is facing up to two years behind bars for peaceful protest. Many Russians know Misik as “the girl with the constitution”: Two years ago, when she was still in secondary school, Misik was active in mass protests that demanded access to the ballot for opposition politician Alexei Navalny and members of his movement.
The state marshaled its special forces troops, lining them up several deep in order to contain the protesters. Misik would bring a copy of the Russian Constitution and sit on the pavement in front of the soldiers to read the law aloud to them.
Misik, Two Other Activists Given Parole-Like Sentences In Moscow
RFE
11 May 2021, 22:45 GMT+10
MOSCOW A court in Moscow has handed parole-like sentences to three young pro-democracy activists for splashing paint on a booth at the entrance to the Prosecutor-General s Office last year to protest against a crackdown on activists.
The court on May 11 found the trio guilty of vandalism and sentenced both Igor Basharimov and Ivan Vorobyovsky to 21 months of freedom limitation, while Olga Misik, 19, was sentenced to two years of freedom limitation.
Basharimov and Vorobyovsky were also banned from leaving their homes between 11 p.m. and 5 a.m., while Misik was banned from leaving her home between 10 p.m and 6 a.m. The defendants were also ordered not to change their permanent addresses during the terms of their sentences.
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The three activists admitted they splashed paint on the booth, but insisted the action cannot be defined as vandalism as the booth was not damaged.
The activists launched the protest during the high-profile extremism case against members of the New Greatness youth group. Many in Russia consider the New Greatness case to be trumped-up by Russian s Federal Security Service (FSB).
Prosecutors had asked the court to sentence the three activists to two years and nine months of freedom limitation.
In her final statement during testimony at the trial last month, Misik said that democracy will win in Russia sooner or later.
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