Anti-War Protester Jailed for Vandalizing Putin’s Parents’ Grave

On May 11, 2023, a court in St Petersburg, Russia, sentenced 60-year-old anti-war protester Irina Zbaneva to two years in prison for vandalizing a burial ground. Motivated by political hatred She wrote a vendetta on President Vladimir Putin and placed it on the grave of Putin’s parents in St. Petersburg’s cemetery. When Mr. Putin’s birthday last year

Russian local media reported that Ms. Zbaneva’s message Written on a piece of paper stating “Both of you are the fathers of murderers. and ask them to take Mr. Putin with them as soon as possible.”

Veronika Karagodina, the defendant’s lawyer, said: Mrs. Zbaneva did not confess. because she insisted on not destroying the grave But it’s just putting the paper down. Besides, she didn’t want this to be publicized. or widely known But someone made it public about what she did.