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Russia Sentences Teen Activist Who Defied Riot Police With Constitution Reading Updated: May 11, 2021 Olga Misik became a symbol of Russia’s opposition after she read the Constitution in front of riot officers at a protest. Sergei Savostyanov / TASS Russia has sentenced a prominent young activist to over two years of home confinement on vandalism charges amid the country’s widening crackdown on disse...

Misik and two other young defendants, Ivan Vorobyevsky and Igor Basharimov, are charged with vandalizing government buildings. In a gesture of support for those they consider political prisoners, they hung banners on a railing outside a Moscow district court on August 8, 2020, and then splattered red paint on a security booth outside the Prosecutor-Generals Office building. Prosecutors claim they caused 3,500 rubles ($47) in damages. Defense attorneys say that the documents provided by prosecut...