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Hello, it's 138 days since Russian forces invaded Ukraine, and a few days ago, in a court

in Moscow, a local councillor became the first person in Russia to be sentenced to jail

under new post-invasion legislation designed to stop dissent.

This gentleman was given seven years in jail, his crime denouncing the war.

Sixty-year-old Alexei Godanov was arrested in April after he was filmed criticising the

invasion while meeting with other city council colleagues.

They'd met to discuss organising an upcoming children's drawing contest and dancing festival

in Moscow.

So, when he was talking about this plan for this contest, he actually said these words,

how can we talk about a children's drawing contest for children's day, or organising

dance recitals for victory day when there are children dying every day.

And he also said, I believe that all of the efforts of our civil society should be directed

exclusively at stopping the war and getting the Russian troops out of Ukraine.

Not something you hear publicly very often in Russia, locked in the glass defendant's box,

he rolled up his sleeve and held up a sign saying, do you still need this war?

As court staff attempted to cover up the sign with their arms, he was sentenced to jail

for seven years, as you said.

And his fellow citizens who were in the public gallery inside the courtroom, they stood and

applauded him.

This is Ukraine.

Ukraine costs from these years.

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