Another recent law penalises “discrediting” the Russian army, and it has been applied to a broad variety of actions interpreted either as support for Ukraine or criticism of the war.
These include:
<span style="color:#323232;">Wearing clothes in the blue-and-yellow colours of the Ukrainian flag
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<span style="color:#323232;">Writing anti-war slogans on cakes, as did pastry chef Anastasia Chernysheva
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<span style="color:#323232;">Dyeing one's hair blue-and-yellow or listening to Ukrainian music
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<span style="color:#323232;">Displaying anti-war posters with messages ranging from "No War" to eight asterisks - the number of Russian letters that spell "No War" - or even just a blank sheet of paper.
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A village priest in Kostroma region was fined for discrediting Russia’s armed forces after praying for peace and mentioning the sixth commandment, “Thou shalt not kill”.