Sasha Skochilenko at large! We are happy to write this - and supplement her story with a pensioner’s denunciation, torture in court and incredible support for hundreds of people Sasha Skochilenko was exchanged. The 33-year-old St. Petersburg artist and the musician, together with other political prisoners, received freedom on August 1, 2024-having served 2 years and 3 months for replacing the price tags in the store with cards with anti-war text.

Joe Biden, President of the United States (translated by Dozhd) — The deal that secured their freedom was a diplomatic feat. In total, we negotiated the release of 16 people from Russia, including five Germans and seven Russian citizens who were political prisoners in their own country. Some of these women and men had been unjustly held for years. All of them had endured unimaginable suffering and uncertainty. Today, their torment is over.

In today's exchange of political prisoners between Russia, Germany and the United States , 26 people are presumed , presumably. There is still no official information about this. The list includes four who are connected with St. Petersburg, writes The Insider without specifying the source. Among them are musician Sasha Skochilenko, politician Andrei Pivovarov, cycling activist German Moizh and a German citizen who came to the city to his girlfriend, Patrick Shebel.

YouTube "Slowing" could affect half of Russian users. What is happening and how to maintain access to hosting On the night of August 1, users from different regions of Russia, including from St. Petersburg, began to massively report problems in YouTube. Some Russians could not watch hosting videos even in poor quality. “Paper” collected everything that is known about today's slowdown of YouTube, and found out how to continue using the service.

Ban on parking scooters, renovated beaches and gifts for children. How the lives of Petersburgers will change in August Starting in August, several changes will occur in St. Petersburg: in several districts, parking on electric scooters is prohibited, the improvement of beaches in the south and north of the city is being completed, and public sector workers may again come under pressure due to the upcoming elections. "Paper" tells what will change in the city this month.

The largest prisoner exchange between Russia and the West has taken place. Main points A historic prisoner exchange involving Russia, Belarus, Germany, the United States, Slovenia, Poland and Norway took place at Ankara Airport. Fifteen political prisoners were released from Russian prisons and pretrial detention centers. Rumors of the upcoming exchange had been circulating for several days: the day before, contact was lost with nine Russian political prisoners. Among them were St.

A priest Karmoyarov came out of the colony. He has no loved ones in St. Petersburg - and caring citizens gathered his help for the first time The second political prisoner, convicted of criticizing the war in Ukraine, was already released from the Metallostroy colony in St. Petersburg, the clergyman John Kurmoyarov. Kramoyarov has no relatives in St. Petersburg, so for more than two years, in prison, he was supported by people unknown to him.