Russian authorities are cracking down on a network of feminist anti-war activists, Amnesty International said on Wednesday, accusing one woman of "discrediting the Russian Armed Forces."
Artist and musician Aleksandra Skochilenko was detained on Monday after she went to grocery stores in the Saint Petersburg area and replaced price tags with anti-war messages, Amnesty International said. Prosecutors allege Skochilenko committed an act of "political hostility" that "disseminated false information" about the Russian military, and she's been charged with "discrediting the Russian Armed Forces."
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