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Russian editor sentenced to 8 years in jail for criticising Ukraine campaign

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Sergei Mikhailov, a journalist, was arrested in 2022, shortly after the Kremlin's military campaign began. The arrest was reportedly in response to his online posts about civilian deaths in Bucha and Mariupol. Prosecutors claimed that Mikhailov was motivated by "political hatred", a claim that is not supported by the available information. The court imposed a four-year ban on Mikhailov's journalistic and publishing activities.

    1. My publications were aimed against this fog, so that my readers were not seduced by lies, so that they do not take part in armed conflicts, do not become murderers and victims and so that they do not harm the brotherly Ukrainian people.