A Lenin statue in central Kharkiv, prior to its demolition in 2014
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A RUSSIAN native has been sentenced to five years in prison in Ukraine for posting communist symbols on social media and showing support for the Soviet Union, authorities have confirmed.
The unnamed woman was jailed in the western Ivano-Frankivsk region on Tuesday, according to a Ukrainian government website.
She was found guilty of “propaganda and the public use of symbols of the communist totalitarian regime,” which is banned under the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
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