Miss Crimea and her friend punished for singing popular Ukrainian "fighting anthem"

Two women in Ukraine's Russian-occupied region of Crimea, including the winner of this year's Miss Crimea pageant, were found guilty of discrediting the Russian army by singing a Ukrainian patriotic song in a video posted on social media, local authorities have said. Olga Valeyeva — who won the Miss Crimea 2022 beauty pageant — and an unnamed friend sang the popular Ukrainian "Chervona Kalyna" song on a balcony.

A video of the women singing was posted on Instagram stories, which auto-deletes after 24 hours.

Crimean police said Valeyeva was fined 40,000 rubles (about $673), while her friend was given a 10-day prison sentence.