A girl was convicted in a Russian court docket on Thursday of desecrating the grave of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s dad and mom with a derogatory word.
Irina Tsybaneva, a 60-year-old retiree from St. Petersburg, was discovered responsible and given a two-year suspended jail sentence for leaving the letter on the graves of Putin’s dad and mom, Vladimir Spiridonovich Putin and Maria Ivanovna Shelomova.
The word that Tsybaneva positioned on the guarded grave on the eve of Putin’s birthday in October learn, “Dad and mom of a maniac, take him to your home. He causes a lot ache and hassle. The entire world prays for his dying. Dying to Putin. You raised a freak and a killer.”
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Irina Tsybaneva, 60, stands in a courtroom in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Might 11, 2023. Tsybaneva was charged with desecrating a grave after she left insulting phrases on the grave of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s dad and mom final October. (AP Photograph/Dmitri Lovetsky)
Whereas Tsybaneva did plead partially responsible by admitting she left the word, she claimed that her actions weren’t motivated by political hatred, however quite grief after watching the information about Russia’s struggle with Ukraine, Novaya Gazeta Europe reported.
“After seeing the information, I used to be overwhelmed by worry, I felt very unwell,” Tsybaneva advised the court docket. “The worry was so robust that I couldn’t address it, and that is presumably my fault. I barely keep in mind writing it [the note], I haven’t got any recollection of the textual content itself.”
Irina Tsybaneva, 60, sits as she waits for a court docket session in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Might 11, 2023. Tsybaneva was charged with desecrating a grave after she left insulting phrases on the grave of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s dad and mom final October. (AP Photograph/Dmitri Lovetsky)
“I notice that I succumbed to my feelings and dedicated an irrational act. I’m sorry that my actions may offend or have an effect on somebody.”
Tsybaneva additionally stated she was unsure the word would even be seen or entice consideration as a result of it was “rolled in a small tube” and positioned away from the grave, she claimed.
The Russian court docket had been looking for a three-year jail sentence for Tsybaneva.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a gathering of the Presidential Council for Science and Training by way of a video hyperlink on the Kremlin in Moscow on Feb. 8, 2023. (Photograph by MIKHAIL METZEL/SPUTNIK/AFP by way of Getty Pictures)
Putin’s struggle with Ukraine just lately entered its 15 month with no finish in sight, as the 2 nations proceed to battle for territory alongside the 600-mile entrance line.
