The Russian survivor of Leningrad Siege was fined to protest against the Ukraine war

The Russian youth of Yadimella Vasilieva, who survived the siege of Leningrad in World War II, was fined by a court after it protested the war of Russia in Ukraine.

During the speech session in Saint Petersburg on Friday, Mrs. Vasiliva was ordered to pay 10,000 rubles (126 dollars; 93 pounds) because of the “distortion” of the Russian army.

The charges related to a handwritten poster were held earlier this year and that I read: “People, let’s stop the war. We are responsible for peace on the planet. With love, Lyodella Vasileva, the siege child Leningrad.”

Russia has taken strict measures to criticize its military action in Ukraine since it was widely invaded to its neighbor in 2022.

In an interview with Agence France -Presse before her hearing in the Koepychifse County Court on Friday, she said she felt “bitterly” and “harm” to the fate of her country.

“I have always been indifferent, since childhood. I have always been with the weak,” she said.

Dozens of supporters received it outside the courtroom. Footage of her showed flowers and received applause.

The 84 -year -old escaped the Leningrad siege as a very young child with her four siblings and her mother.

The military blockade in Leningrad by Nazi Germany lasted 872 days, from September 8, 1941 to January 27, 1944. About 800,000 people died due to hunger, cold and bombing by Nazi forces.

In her interview with Agence France -Presse, Mrs. Vasiliva spoke to her mother that her mother was telling her: “We will bring everything, as long as there was no war.”

The name of Leningrad was restored to the name of its time before the Soviet, Saint Petersburg, in 1991.

Mrs. Vasiliva has always been a critic of Russia’s war with Ukraine after that she was arrested several times in 2022.

Last year, the ruler of St. Petersburg was nominated, but it failed to collect the required number of signatures to nominate, as reported by the Russian BBC.

The Russian law, which is punishable by “distortion” of the army, has been applied to a wide range of measures, which the Kremlin interprets as support for Ukraine or criticizing the war.

It includes the width of anti -war stickers, with messages ranging from “no war” to eight star – the number of Russian letters that spell “no war.”

The war in Ukraine has been raging for more than three years, and military experts estimated between 165,000 and 235,000 Russian service employees since the comprehensive invasion.

Another Ukraine updated its victims in December 2024, when President Voludmir Zelinski confessed 43,000 Ukrainian military deaths. Western analysts believe this number is inappropriate.