(13 Aug 2024)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Koblenz, Germany – 10 August 2024
1. Mid of Russian artist Sasha Skochilenko and her partner Sonya Subbotina sitting on grass
2. Skochilenko and Subbotina kissing
3. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Sasha Skochilenko, artist: ++STARTS ON PREVIOUS SHOT++
“The most important plans are to spend time with my loved one. And another plan for the future… We don’t yet know when and how exactly and in which city, but we will get married.”
4. Skochilenko and Subbotina sitting at table inside, talking
5. Close of hands
6. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Sonya Subbotina, Skochilenko’s partner: ++STARTS ON SHOT 4 AND PARTLY OVERLAID BY SHOT 7++
“I feel that I’m in a very free country, because we can walk down the street, and if I kiss Sasha, not only would no one tell us that it’s disgusting, but they won’t even pay attention to it, because it’s just in the nature of things.”
7. Various of Skochilenko and Subbotina on grass
8. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Sonya Subbotina, Skochilenko’s partner: ++STARTS ON PREVIOUS SHOT++
“I don’t feel stressed about moving, because I’m very happy. I’m very happy that Sasha is with me, I’m very happy that we are in Germany.”
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ARCHIVE: St. Petersburg, Russia – 16 November 2023
9. Various Skochilenko giving thumbs up while waiting for verdict in courtroom
10. Skochilenko listening to verdict and smiling
11. Wide of Sasha Skochilenko making heart gesture with hands
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Koblenz, Germany – 10 August 2024
12. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Sasha Skochilenko, artist: ++STARTS ON SHOT 10 AND PARTLY OVERLAID BY SHOT 13++
“My relationship with Russia is over. This is the fact. I need to accept that. I’m glad there’s this new life.”
13. Skochilenko lying on grass
STORYLINE:
Sasha Skochilenko and Sonya Subbotina are planning to get married.
That wasn’t an option in their native Russia, but it’s possible now that they live in Germany, which recognizes same-sex weddings.
“We don’t know how or in which city we will do it, but that’s the plan,” Skochilenko, 33, told The Associated Press, looking lovingly at Subbotina, who radiated happiness.
They reunited earlier this month in Germany, shortly after Skochilenko and other Russian prisoners were exchanged in a historic East-West swap — a happy if unlikely ending to an over two-year ordeal.
Skochilenko, an artist and musician, was jailed for speaking out against the conflict in Ukraine.
Subbotina campaigned for her partner’s release while also trying to make her life behind bars as tolerable as possible.
They talked about marriage in Russia, too, but same-sex weddings have been effectively banned there.
Laws restricting LGBTQ+ rights have been on the books for over a decade and intensified since the conflict in Ukraine began as part of the Kremlin’s campaign for “traditional values,” fueled by its anti-Western views and close ties to the Russian Orthodox Church.
Now, “I feel that I’m in a really free country,” Subbotina said, as they make plans for a life together in the quiet city of Koblenz in western Germany.
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