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Politics● ElevatedSep 15 · Sep 15, 2026, 12:37 PM

Historian of Russian cuisine Pavel Syutkin sentenced to six years in prison over antiwar statement

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The Zyuzinsky District Court in Moscow has sentenced Pavel Syutkin, a 61-year-old writer and historian of Russian cuisine, to six years in prison on charges of spreading “fakes” about the army, the independent Russian news outlet Mediazona reported.

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