Today the 1st Western District Military “Court” in St. Petersburg handed its verdict to Alexander Skobov — a Russian historian, journalist, human rights activist, and Soviet-era political prisoner.
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For his posts on social media and participation in the Free Russia Forum, Skobov was sentenced to 16 years, the first three of which will be served in a prison, and the remaining 13 in a strict-regime penal colony.
The “remaining”, of course, is a figure of speech. Skobov is 67 years old, nearly blind, suffers from diabetes, hepatitis C, and asthma. This is a death sentence for him.
The only thing that can save Alexander Skobov — just like Alexei Gorinov, Maria Ponomarenko, Igor Baryshnikov, and many other Russian political prisoners jailed for opposing the war in Ukraine — is an “all for all” swap as part of the forthcoming settlement.
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