In St. Petersburg, police detained picketer Sergei Baranov, who came out in support of Sasha Skochilenko.

A man stood with a poster: “We can still help Sasha Skochilenko. Write a letter to the Legislative Assembly deputies.” The detainee was taken to OP No. 78 of the Central District.

19:25 Sergei Baranov was released from the department with a report on violations of self-isolation rules (Article 8.6.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of St. Petersburg), the detainee told OVD-Info.

On April 13, a court in St. Petersburg sent Sasha Skochilenko into custody until June 1. According to investigators, she replaced price tags in the Perekrestok store with leaflets with information about the shelling of the Mariupol Drama Theater and the death of civilians. The investigator considers the disseminated information to be false, and the action itself was committed based on political hostility.
The girl admitted the fact of distributing the leaflets, but does not admit guilt and denies that she disseminated false information. She is charged with an article about disseminating “fake stories” about Russian troops (Part 2 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code). Skochilenko faces 5 to 10 years in prison.
On April 19, Skochilenko had a seizure because she was not given special food in the temporary detention center. Due to celiac disease - gluten intolerance - she cannot eat many common foods. On May 7, it became known that they began providing the girl with hot, gluten-free meals.

A picketer who spoke in support of Sasha Skochilenko was detained in St. Petersburg