A Russian woman is jailed for replacing store price tags with anti-war messages

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A woman in St. Petersburg, Russia, has been jailed on allegations that she replaced price tags at a local supermarket with messages opposing the war in Ukraine.

Artist and musician Aleksandra, or Sasha, Skochilenko could potentially face up to 10 years in prison. A district court ruled this week to detain her until the end of May, pending a trial on charges of spreading "knowingly false information" about the Russian armed forces.

A new Russian law, passed in March, criminalizes messages and information perceived as "discrediting" Russian troops. Russian authorities have similarly banned the use of terms "war" or "invasion" to describe what the Kremlin calls its "special military operation" in Ukraine.