The former political prisoner who owned a "protest" store in the Leningrad region has left Russia.
On his Facebook page Dmitry Skurikhin опубликовал a photo of yourself and your family in front of the Eiffel Tower in paris, and also explained the reasons for his departure.
Dmitry Skurikhin on the reasons for his departure
“I’m tired of dreaming about Putin’s security officers throwing me out of a plane, or a skyscraper, arresting me, or one of my beloved children, — writes Skurikhin. “I’m tired of reading about the fates of my unfortunate like-minded people (and trying to relate to them myself), whom Putinism either directly kills in prison or oppresses there to a state incompatible with life.”
Skurikhin promised that he would definitely return one day, but noted that he realized for himself - "It is impossible to fight Putinism with political methods": "You have to fight a gang with police forces, but where can you get them if they are a gang?"
The store in Russko-Vysotsky and criminal cases
Dmitry Skurikhin since 2014 posted on the facade of his shop in the village Russian-Vysotsky в Leningrad region Slogans against the Russian authorities. After the war began, the façade was adorned with the words "Peace to Ukraine, Freedom to Russia," along with the names of Ukrainian cities affected by the shelling.
In May 2022, Skurikhin was fined 45 rubles for "discrediting" the army for publishing an anti-war video on his Telegram channel. In September 2022, a criminal case was opened against him for "discrediting" the Russian army again for displaying a banner on a store. "Go to hell with your grave-making."
After February 24, 2023, the entrepreneur out to his store with a poster reading "Sorry, Ukraine," he was sent to a pretrial detention center. He was released out in July 2026.