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St. Petersburg artist Sasha Skochilenko was sentenced to seven years in prison last year for spreading “fake news” about the Russian army after she replaced supermarket price tags with statements criticizing the invasion of Ukraine and the killing of Ukrainian civilians. Defending her actions in a court hearing ahead of her sentencing, the 33-year-old Skochilenko told the judge that she believes “life is sacred.” At the same time, her own life was at risk. She suffers from health conditions including celiac disease, which requires a strict diet that was not always available in detention, as we…