A teenage girl in St. Petersburg has been charged with discrediting the Russian armed forces over a comment she allegedly wrote on an art installation symbolizing "friendship" between Russia’s second-largest city and the Ukrainian city of Mariupol, which was destroyed by Russian bombs during Moscow’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine. On December 18, less than a week after the installation was unveiled in St. Petersburg's Palace Square, the words “Murderers, you bombed it to ruins yourselves!" appeared on the installation. Police told RFE/RL that the girl, who was not identified, was briefly detained on December 19 and released after she was charged. To read the original story by RFE/RL's North.Realities, click here.
Russian Teenager Charged With Discrediting Armed Forces After Text Scrawled On St. Petersburg Public Artwork
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