Anti-Putin pensioner faces 15 years in prison for torching Russian general's car

Elena Belova, 65, was arrested by police in Moscow after she poured gasoline and threw a match at a man's luxury SUV Russian general just days after the murder of Darya Dugina< /p> Yevgeny Sektarev's luxury SUV was set on fire (

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A Russian anti-war protester has been arrested by police in Moscow after setting a general's BMW on fire.

Elena Belova said she was taking part in her own "special military operation" after she poured gasoline and threw a match at the luxury SUV of General Staff Yevgeny Sektarev.

The 65-year-old's gesture was confirmed as an anti-war protest, the independent Baza news agency reported.

General Sekretarev is in charge of the Kremlin department responsible for military censorship.

Speaking out against the war - which in Russia should only be described as a "special military operation" - is punishable by up to 15 years in prison.

Elena Belova, 65, was arrested by police in Moscow after she poured gasoline and threw a match at the luxury SUV of General Staff Yevgeny Sektarev (

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During Ms Belova's arrest, police allegedly told her to shout "Azov is power", a reference to the Ukrainian resistance regiment considered a terrorist organization in Russia, according to the

The news comes after Darya Dugina - the daughter of Putin's Alexander "Rasputin" - was killed in a car bomb explosion last Saturday...