Aleksandra Skochilenko

Aleksandra Yuryevna Skochilenko (Russian: Александра Юрьевна Скочиленко; born 13 September 1990), also known as Sasha Skochilenko, is a Russian artist, musician, poet, The Paper's former author, and political prisoner.

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Yurevna and the family name is Skochilenko.

Aleksandra Skochilenko
Александра Скочиленко
Born (1990-09-13) 13 September 1990
Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
(now Saint Petersburg, Russia)
Alma mater
  • Saint Petersburg State University
Occupations
  • Artist
  • musician

Skochilenko was detained on 11 April 2022 for distributing anti-war leaflets in a grocery store. She was charged under Article 207.3 part 2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation for "dissemination of knowingly false information about the armed forces of the Russian Federation." The charge carries a punishment of up to 10 years in prison. In June 2022, Amnesty International declared Skochilenko a prisoner of conscience, and the Memorial human rights organization recognized her as a political prisoner. She was named as one of the BBC's 100 Women in 2022.

On 16 November 2023, the Vasileostrovsky District Court in St. Petersburg sentenced Aleksandra Skochilenko to 7 years in prison under Russia's "fake news" law for replacing grocery store price tags with anti-war messages containing information about civilian deaths during Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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