Mikhailov ran the small on-line opposition social media channel “Listok” in Siberia’s Altai republic – a area that has despatched many males to Ukraine.
In a speech in courtroom earlier this week, Mikhailov stood by his reporting and harshly criticised the Kremlin for sending troops to Ukraine.
He stated the Russian state narrative of calling the Ukrainian management “fascist” had “created an entire digital universe within the data house, and this fog turned stronger and stronger”.
“My publications had been aimed in opposition to this fog, in order that my readers weren’t seduced by lies, in order that they don’t participate in armed conflicts, don’t grow to be murderers and victims and in order that they don’t hurt the brotherly Ukrainian individuals,” Mikhailov stated, in an audio of the speech printed by Listok on social media.
Greater than 1,000 individuals have been prosecuted in Russia for criticising the Russian offensive in opposition to Ukraine because the begin of the armed battle in February 2022, based on monitor OVD-Data.
