Ukrainian Actress Adrianna Kurilets-Kmetyuk Sentenced to Five Years by Moscow Court in Absentia

Moscow Desk, Delhi – Magazine: The Basmanny Court of Moscow has sentenced Ukrainian actress Adrianna Kurilets-Kmetyuk to five years of imprisonment in absentia, according to a report from the press service of the capital’s courts of general jurisdiction on their Telegram channel.

The court found Kurilets-Kmetyuk guilty of calling for violence against officers of the Russian army, resulting in a sentence to be served in a general regime penal colony.

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This legal action follows a series of developments dating back to April 2022, when the head of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, Alexander Bastrykin, instructed the Main Investigative Directorate to initiate a case against Kurilets-Kmetyuk. The charges stem from her participation in a social advertising video where she allegedly voiced calls for violence against Russian Armed Forces personnel.

In August 2023, the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs placed Adrianna Kurilets-Kmetyuk on the wanted list. Earlier, in May 2023, the Investigative Committee opened a criminal case against her for inciting hatred and enmity on ethnic grounds.