Julia Tsvetkova

Artist and feminist Yulia Tsvetkova*, who was accused of promoting LGBT and distributing pornography and serving a real prison sentence, gave an interview to the BBC Russian Service. Interesting quotes collected.

Yulia Tsvetkova has been under investigation since 2019. He was charged with pornography for drawings of nude women and an administrative lawsuit for LGBT propaganda, including, as Tsvetkova explains, a drawing with the production of “Where is the family love” and “Pink and Blue”. she aimed to debunk stereotypes about boys and girls. Tsvetkova devoted her drawings to feminism and body positivity, depicting women with body hair or imperfect skin, wrinkles and gray hair.

At first, Tsvetkova was placed under house arrest, later the preventive measure was changed to a written commitment not to leave. It became known the other day that the prosecutor’s office asked the court to appoint Tsvetkova in a penal colony for three years and two months.

– Tsvetkova commented on the situation.

Drawing Yulia Tsvetkova

The activist also talked about how she lived since she was put under investigation.

said Tsvetkova.

He added that he has no other place to work in his hometown of Kosmomolsk-on-Amur, where he has lived since the beginning of the investigation:

Tsvetkova also commented on the military special operation in Ukraine, saying that this issue is not very important in the Khabarovsk Territory.

– said.

However, according to Tsvetkova, the special operation affected her support at the international level.

said Tsvetkova.

* Recognized as a foreign media agent by the Ministry of Justice