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    6 months ago

    “I feel sorry for any soldiers”

    The debate, despite fears, continues in the open. Defender Margarita Kislyakova begins with Skochilenko’s personality characteristics: she led an active social life, worked in journalism, was involved in charity work, and in 2014 she drew a comic book about depression, which was then used by psychiatrists in their work.

    Each of the “price tags,” according to Kislyakova, could be considered truthful by the OSCE mission. However, even its representatives agree that many facts can neither be confirmed nor refuted.

    “It’s very painful to watch how a young girl is behind bars for a long time, but with a large number of chronic diseases,” lawyer Dmitry Gerasimov continues the debate. He says the same thing: the information on the price tags was not deliberately false for his client.

    Skochilenko herself speaks last in the debate. She says she does not admit guilt in disseminating deliberately false information: “I am deeply convinced that I acted in order to protect the interests of the Russian Federation and its citizens, as well as in order to maintain international peace and security, but I am afraid that I understand the article differently "