A RUSSIAN activist has been sentenced by a Moscow court to 11 years in absentia after urinating on a portrait of dictator Vladimir Putin.

Anastasia 'Taso' Pletner, 28, member of Russian protest group Pussy Riot, was one of five activists who faced a Moscow court over charges stemming from an online video and a live performance.

The anti-war video posted online in 2022 called "Mama, don't watch TV" featured what Russian authorities referred to as "false information" about the Russian military killing Ukrainian civilians.

The second charge related to a concert held at the Munich Pinakothek der Moderne, where Anastasia donned a red balaclava and stood on a table over a portrait of Putin.

She was seen lifting her black smock before urinating on the picture of the Russian tyrant.

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