Olga Misik, 19, made herself famous by reading the constitution to riot policemen. She is now facing two years in prison. Sentence due on May 11. In her final word, she says that she was inspired by Sophie Scholl, an antifascist executed by nazis in 1943.
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“The fascist regime [in Germany] fell, just like the fascist regime in Russia will also fall one day. I don’t know when it happens - in a week, in a year or in a decade. But I know that one day we will prevail, because love and youth always prevail,” writes Olga Misik.
Like everywhere else in Eastern Europe, Russian liberals and quasi-liberals have been flirting and continue to flirt with nationalism and US-styled right-wing populism. But there is a healthy strain that formulates things as they are - here is fascism and we need to fight it.
With such an overwhelming response to this thread, I am now feeling guilty that I haven’t searched for and tagged Olga Misik’s Twitter account in the first place, so here it is - @thorkiman. She is not allowed to use the internet, so it is run by a friend for now.
In my personal opinion, there is a fairly good chance that in this particular case pressure may result in a lenient/suspended sentence. Acquittals are, sadly, extremely rare in Russia, not only in political cases.
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