EU state jails citizen for supporting Russia --Activist has been sentenced to three years in prison by a Latvian court for displaying pro-Russian flags in her windows | 11 July 2024 | The Riga City Court in Latvia has sentenced pro-Russian activist Elena Kreile to three years in prison on charges of publicly displaying support for Moscow and its military operation in Ukraine. Prosecutors had originally requested that Kreile receive three and a half years behind bars, according to court documents cited by the Jauns news outlet. The woman was officially charged under the Latvian Criminal Code's [fascist] article on public justification of genocide, crimes against humanity and peace, and war crimes. Kreile was arrested in March for wearing a Soviet-style leather trench coat and a red flower in her beret. She initially received a fine for wearing clothes that were "an instrument of administrative violation," but the prosecution later also charged her with supporting genocide [?] for displaying pro-Russian symbols the windows of her house last year.