Russian woman convicted for leaving note on Putin's parents' grave during dissent crackdown.

A Russian court has given a two-year suspended sentence to a woman who left a note on the grave of President Vladimir Putin's parents, calling them "freaks and killers." The government has been cracking down on dissent since sending troops into Ukraine in February 2022. Actor Artur Smolyaninov and a former consultant who advised the Ukrainian president's office have been added to a list of "extremists and terrorists." Jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been returned to solitary confinement after his release. The Kremlin's campaign of repression has criminalized criticism of the war.