From the Obozrevatel:
"An 84-year-old survivor of the siege of St. Petersburg was detained for an anti-war picket
Olga Ganyukova, November 30, 2025
In St. Petersburg, police detained 84-year-old Lyudmila Vasilyeva for holding a solo anti-war picket on Palace Square. The retiree, a survivor of the Siege of Leningrad, refused to remove her poster, despite demands from three officers.
She had previously been detained and fined multiple times for participating in similar protests, according to Russian media reports.
It was reported that Vasilyeva was immediately taken to the police station after unfurling a poster during a solo picket.
Earlier in the spring, she was fined 10,000 rubles for a poster that read, "People, stop the war! We are responsible for peace on planet Earth."
In April, the survivor of the siege was already charged with "discrediting" the army due to anti-war pickets. This elderly woman, who survived the war and the siege, now faces trial for her anti-war stance, which highlights contemporary realities in Russia."
The BBC has a report about Vasilyeva's previous (spring) protest.
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