Maxim Sokurenko has been remanded in custody in occupied Crimea and could face a three-year prison sentence for hurling a bit of paint at a monument to the Russian soldiers without insignia who seized control of Crimea five years ago. Even according to the Russian legislation illegally applied in Crimea, the young man should have faced, at most, an administrative penalty, and there has clearly been a political decision to bring serious criminal charges.
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Halya Coynash: Ukrainian could face sentence for daubing paint on monument to Russian invaders of Crimea
A monument to Polite People in Simferopol dedicated to the Russian servicemen who were involved in annexation of Crimea in March 2014.
