A woman left a note on the grave of Putin's parents calling him a 'freak.' She was convicted of desecrating the site.

Fri, 05/12/2023 - 06:38

Irina Tsybaneva, 60, stands wearing sunglasses and a lavender sweater in a courtroom in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, May 11, 2023, convicted of desecrating the grave of Putin's parents. Three other people stand in the background. — Irina Tsybaneva, 60, in a St. Petersburg courtroom, May 11, 2023. Tsybaneva was charged with desecrating the grave of Vladimir Putin's parents.
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A Russian woman who left an insulting note on the grave of Putin's parents was convicted Thursday.
The note, left last October, called Putin a "freak and a killer," per the Associated Press.
She was given a two-year suspended sentence for politically-motivated descration of the grave.

A Russian woman who called President Vladimir Putin a "freak" in a note she left on his parents' grave was convicted on Thursday of desecrating the site, according to multiple reports.