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RFE/RL: Russian teens detained after staging protest over Sentsov

Published July 4, 2018 at 9:56 am

People sing the Ukrainian National anthem during a meeting at the NSC Olimpiysky stadium in Kiev on July 2, 2018, to demand the release Ukrainian film director Oleg Sentsov in Russia. Oleg Sentsov, who is serving a 20-year prison sentence in Russia, marks 50th day of hunger strike. Sentsov has refused food since May 14 to demand Moscow release all Ukrainian political prisoners.

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A Russian teenage activist was among four people detained after she staged a protest outside the World Cup stadium in St. Petersburg wearing a bloodied shirt that she said was intended to draw attention to the country’s problems, Reuters reported.

“We wanted to draw attention to the fact that no matter what you show foreigners, things on the inside aren’t that good and pretty,” 16-year-old Lika Petrovskaya told Reuters on July 3.