How the artist Skochilenko, who faces 10 years for replacing price tags in a store, was accused and defended
In St. Petersburg, the trial of the artist Sasha Skochilenko, who is accused of spreading fake news about the Russian army (Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation), is coming to an end. Due to the replacement of standard price tags in the Perekrestok store with similar-looking leaflets about military operations on the territory of Ukraine, she faces up to 10 years in prison.
Skochilenko insists that she acted with good intentions and even in the interests of Russia, and the state prosecution claims that she is deliberately lying and sowing panic. About the arguments of both sides during the debate, interrupted due to applause, and the never-ending expulsion of the listeners - in the Fontanka report.
The victims in this case are the people
The final speech of prosecutor Alexander Gladyshev was much shorter than that of the defense - less than 30 minutes. He requested eight years in prison for the artist and another three years ban on administering any pages on the Internet.
For the most part, the prosecutor retold the well-known plot of the indictment: she acted intentionally, was aware of the public danger of her actions, and had the intent to publicly disseminate deliberately false information. True, Gladyshev himself will note a little lower that Skochilenko believed in the veracity of the phrases printed out to her.
The state prosecutor tells a sequential chain of events: in such and such a telegram channel, the accused saw price tags and once placed them in a grocery store on Vasilyevsky Island. In addition, she herself said during interrogation that she “communicates with friends from Ukraine and reads independent news” (a list of media outlets - foreign agents is attached).
Skochilenko’s attitude to the special military operation should also be evidenced by the testimony of witness Alexei Nikolaev, in whose front door she was detained: the artist told Nikolaev about the “price tags” that were placed in Kazan. She will hang the same ones in “Crossroads”.
Gladyshev reads out the testimony of two military registration and enlistment office employees and two military men - all four agree that what is written on the stickers offends them.
After the prosecutor's speech, lawyer Yuri Novolodsky takes the floor. He promises that the defense will rely only on legal analysis, which, he believes, was neglected by the investigation, “if we seriously referred to the baker’s instructions and the electrician’s instructions from the Perekrestok store.” The prosecutor interrupts:
— The prosecution did not refer to either the baker’s instructions or the electrician’s instructions.
“Perhaps you haven’t thoroughly studied what came before you.” Your predecessor referred to this as evidence,” Novolodsky retorts.
On the third day of the debate, Gladyshev made an unexpectedly emotional remark. After further words from the defense about the inconsistency of the prosecution, he stated that he was appealing to the people, who “are the victims in this case.” “Alarmism in such a situation is simply unacceptable, and Skochilenko not only did not repent, but also continued to sow panic and spoke out in the process,” the state prosecutor continued. “No one forbids speaking out, but lying, and lying intentionally, is unacceptable.”
Gladyshev also did not agree with the idea that there was no political hatred in Skochilenko’s act, because she, for example, “did not speak in squares or other public places with “Peace to the World,” biblical commandments.” No, the act should be assessed completely differently, because the artist stands “not for peace, but against the military operation.”
Yet another article from Saint Petersburg newspaper (where the artist is from and where the trial took place) if you want to read more details of the case yourself. Google translate can't seem to handle the url, so I'll just copy paste the translation.
Google translated for your pleasure: https://www-kommersant-ru.translate.goog/doc/6339183?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US&_x_tr_pto=wapp
As,a matter of fact, it does seem like it was the only reason (distributing "unreliable" informarion about Russian armed forces on the said price tags) https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/6339183. What other reasons do you think there were?
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How is it worse than, for example, the US military deception doctrine? Would, say, Romania, be somehow above using military deception? What about NATO deception doctrine?
https://kaliningrad.press/kant-i-ego-filosofija-okazalis-zahvacheny-nechistoj-siloj-gofmana-tezisy-alihanova/ here's the full speech, you probably can run it through google translate to get an acceptable translation. Would love to hear your qualified opinion on his argument.
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