Vladimir Kara-Murza, a critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, sentenced to 25 years in jail
1 year, 8 months ago

Vladimir Kara-Murza, a critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, sentenced to 25 years in jail

ABC  

Vladimir Kara-Murza, one of Russian President Vladimir Putin's most high-profile and fiercest critics, has been sentenced to 25 years in jail after being found guilty of treason and other offences, following a secret trial in Moscow. Key points: Vladimir Kara-Murza's sentence is the harshest to be handed down against an activist since Russia's invasion of Ukraine Prosecutors have accused him of treason and of discrediting the Russian military Mr Kara-Murza declined to ask the court to acquit him, saying he stood by what he said The 41-year-old pro-democracy activist was arrested in April last year after he described Mr Putin's administration as corrupt, kleptocratic, authoritarian and a "regime of murderers" during an interview on CNN. In 2021, Bellingcat reported that members of Russia's security services implicated in the poisoning of opposition figure Alexei Navalny had also tailed Mr Kara-Murza before he was hospitalised. Evgenia Kara-Murza told the ABC's 7.30 last year it was important to her husband that he return to Russia to try to bring Mr Putin's regime to an end.

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Putin’s hitman, spies and a credit card fraudster: The prisoners returned to Russia in historic swap
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Putin’s hitman, spies and a credit card fraudster: The prisoners returned to Russia in historic swap

The Independent  

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Putin ally warns freed prisoners to take 'new names and disguises'
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Putin ally warns freed prisoners to take 'new names and disguises'

Daily Mail  

Former Russian President and close Vladimir Putin ally Dmitry Medvedev has issued a chilling warning to political dissidents freed from jails in a huge prisoner exchange with Western countries. British journalist Vladimir Kara-Murza, American Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and a host of Russian citizens were released from their prison cells yesterday in return for various Russian assets jailed …

Russian ‘hostage diplomacy’ pays off: Decoding a wartime prisoner exchange
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Russian ‘hostage diplomacy’ pays off: Decoding a wartime prisoner exchange

Al Jazeera  

The swap conducted as Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine continues is significant for both the West and Russia, but means little for Kyiv, analysts say. They included the Wall Street Journal correspondent Evan Gershkovich, recently sentenced to 16 years for spying; artist Sasha Skochilenko, handed seven years for swapping price tags in a supermarket with antiwar messages; former US Marine Paul …

Who’s in the massive prisoner swap between Russia and the West?
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Who’s in the massive prisoner swap between Russia and the West?

Associated Press  

TALLINN, Estonia — One spent over 5½ years behind bars in Russia while other, higher-profile detainees were released ahead of him. The Prague-based editor for the U.S. government-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s Tatar-Bashkir service was accused of not self-reporting as a “foreign agent” and was convicted in July of spreading false information about the Russian military — charges rejected by …

Russian-American journalist Kurmasheva jailed for over six years
5 months ago

Russian-American journalist Kurmasheva jailed for over six years

Hindustan Times  

A Russian court has sentenced Alsu Kurmasheva, a Russian-American journalist for U.S.-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, to 6-1/2 years in prison for spreading false information about the Russian army, the court revealed on Monday. Friday was also the day a separate court in Yekaterinburg sentenced another U.S. citizen, Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, to 16 years in prison for …

Wife of jailed Putin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza calls for West to step in with him stuck in prison hospital
5 months, 1 week ago

Wife of jailed Putin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza calls for West to step in with him stuck in prison hospital

The Independent  

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Kremlin critic Kara-Murza’s health ‘relatively stable’ in a prison hospital, his lawyer says
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Kremlin critic Kara-Murza’s health ‘relatively stable’ in a prison hospital, his lawyer says

Associated Press  

TALLINN, Estonia — A lawyer for imprisoned Russian opposition politician Vladimir Kara-Murza found his health was “relatively stable” after visiting him in a prison hospital where he had been held incommunicado for several days, the dissident’s legal team said Wednesday. Evgenia Kara-Murza said on X that her husband was “alive and as well as can be expected.” Kara-Murza’s wife and …

Imprisoned Kremlin critic Kara-Murza transferred to a prison hospital, his wife and lawyers say
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Imprisoned Kremlin critic Kara-Murza transferred to a prison hospital, his wife and lawyers say

The Independent  

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Imprisoned Kremlin critic Kara-Murza transferred to a prison hospital, his wife and lawyers say
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Imprisoned Kremlin critic Kara-Murza transferred to a prison hospital, his wife and lawyers say

Associated Press  

TALLINN, Estonia — Imprisoned Russian opposition politician Vladimir Kara-Murza has been transferred to a prison hospital, and his attorneys have been unable to visit him there since Thursday, his wife and one of his lawyers said Friday. Yevgenia Kara-Murza told The Associated Press in an interview Friday that prison officials said her husband was transferred to the hospital for an …

U.S.–Russia prisoner swap: What Brittney Griner’s case can tell us about Evan Gershkovich’s fate
6 months ago

U.S.–Russia prisoner swap: What Brittney Griner’s case can tell us about Evan Gershkovich’s fate

Slate  

Evan Gershkovich, the Wall Street Journal reporter held in a Moscow prison on charges of espionage for the past 15 months, will finally be tried for his alleged crime next week—meaning that if Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to free him in some sort of trade, that date too could come soon. The Biden administration formally declared Gershkovich to be …

A Russian court has sentenced a U.S. soldier to nearly 4 years in prison
6 months ago

A Russian court has sentenced a U.S. soldier to nearly 4 years in prison

NPR  

A Russian court has sentenced a U.S. soldier to nearly 4 years in prison toggle caption AP/AP MOSCOW — A Russian court has sentenced a United States soldier to nearly four years in prison on charges of theft and threatening to murder, the latest in a series of arrested American citizens in Russia amid simmering tensions over Ukraine and other …

Russia critic Kara-Murza wins Pulitzer for passionate columns written from prison cell
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Russia critic Kara-Murza wins Pulitzer for passionate columns written from prison cell

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Vladimir Kara-Murza, who has written columns as a contributor for The Washington Post from his prison cell in Russia, has won the Pulitzer Prize for commentary. The prize was awarded to Kara-Murza “for passionate columns written at great personal risk from his prison cell, warning of the consequences of dissent in Vladimir Putin’s Russia and insisting on …

US lawmakers urge release of Russia critic Kara-Murza on the anniversary of his imprisonment
8 months, 2 weeks ago

US lawmakers urge release of Russia critic Kara-Murza on the anniversary of his imprisonment

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Members of Congress on Tuesday called for the immediate release of Russian opposition figure Vladimir Kara-Murza Jr. as lawmakers marked the second anniversary of his imprisonment, part of the Kremlin’s sweeping crackdown on critics of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. “The bottom line is that Vladimir Kara-Murza will not be forgotten,” Democratic Sen. Ben Cardin, chairman of the …

Who are the Russian dissidents still serving time after Alexei Navalny died behind bars?
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Who are the Russian dissidents still serving time after Alexei Navalny died behind bars?

LA Times  

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, center, attends a rally in Moscow in 2018. Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to secure his fifth term in power this month on the heels of opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s death in prison, which devastated Kremlin critics and spurred concerns about the safety of other imprisoned dissidents. A court ruling several months earlier had …

Who are the Russian dissidents still serving time after Alexei Navalny died behind bars?
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Who are the Russian dissidents still serving time after Alexei Navalny died behind bars?

Associated Press  

TALLINN, Estonia — Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to secure his fifth term in power this month on the heels of opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s death in prison, which devastated Kremlin critics and spurred concerns about the safety of other imprisoned dissidents. LILIA CHANYSHEVA, SERVING 7 ½ YEARS Lilia Chanysheva, the 42-year-old former head of Alexei Navalny’s office in …

How Putin's crackdown on dissent became the hallmark of the Russian leader's 24 years in power
9 months, 2 weeks ago

How Putin's crackdown on dissent became the hallmark of the Russian leader's 24 years in power

New Indian Express  

Another group, OVD-Info, said in November that 1,141 people are behind bars on politically motivated charges, with over 400 others receiving other punishment and nearly 300 more under investigation. Exiled oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, who spent 10 years in prison after challenging Putin, told AP in a recent interview the Kremlin began stifling dissent even before his 2003 arrest. Asked …

Life inside Russia's penal colonies for Vladimir Putin's political prisoners
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Life inside Russia's penal colonies for Vladimir Putin's political prisoners

ABC  

A toothbrush and a mug — these are the only personal items Vladimir Kara-Murza can keep behind bars at one of Russia's most brutal penal colonies. After the still-unexplained death of Alexei Navalny at an Arctic penal colony earlier this month, human rights advocates have warned that political prisoners like Kara-Murza are facing increased risks inside Russia's prison system. A …

What’s life like for Russia’s political prisoners? Isolation, poor food and arbitrary punishment
9 months, 3 weeks ago

What’s life like for Russia’s political prisoners? Isolation, poor food and arbitrary punishment

Associated Press  

This story is part of a larger series on the crackdown on dissent in Russia. For political prisoners like Kara-Murza, life in Russia’s penal colonies is a grim reality of physical and psychological pressure, sleep deprivation, insufficient food, health care that is poor or simply denied, and a dizzying set of arbitrary rules. THE GULAG’S LEGACY Former inmates, their relatives …

What's life like for Russia's political prisoners? Isolation, poor food and arbitrary punishment
9 months, 4 weeks ago

What's life like for Russia's political prisoners? Isolation, poor food and arbitrary punishment

New Indian Express  

TALLINN: Vladimir Kara-Murza could only laugh when officials in Penal Colony No. For political prisoners like Kara-Murza, life in Russia’s penal colonies is a grim reality of physical and psychological pressure, sleep deprivation, insufficient food, health care that is poor or simply denied, and a dizzying set of arbitrary rules. This month brought the stunning news from a remote Arctic …

Who are other Russian dissidents besides the late Alexei Navalny?
10 months ago

Who are other Russian dissidents besides the late Alexei Navalny?

Associated Press  

The sudden death of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most formidable antagonist has left an open wound in Russia’s political opposition. Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny's spokeswoman Kira Yarmysh arrives at court in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Aug. 16, 2021. After Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine two years ago this week, he and other prominent Putin critics, including chess legend Garry Kasparov …

Wife of Vladimir Kara-Murza fears he will face the same fate in prison as Alexei Navalny
10 months ago

Wife of Vladimir Kara-Murza fears he will face the same fate in prison as Alexei Navalny

ABC  

Evgenia Kara-Murza has no doubts who was responsible for the death of Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny in prison on Friday. "The reason Alexei Navalny had to be eliminated like that is because he represented a very strong alternative to Vladimir Putin and refused to back down, refused to be silenced." Russian authorities deny Navalny was assassinated, saying he died …

Russian opposition figure Kara-Murza is moved to another prison and returns to solitary confinement
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Russian opposition figure Kara-Murza is moved to another prison and returns to solitary confinement

Associated Press  

TALLINN, Estonia — Lawyers for Russian opposition figure Vladimir Kara-Murza Jr., who is serving a 25-year sentence for treason, revealed Tuesday he has been transferred to another prison in Siberia and placed in solitary confinement again over an alleged minor infraction. The unrelenting pressure on Russian dissidents at home and abroad has intensified significantly since President Vladimir Putin sent troops …

Russian opposition figure Kara-Murza has disappeared from prison, colleagues say
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Russian opposition figure Kara-Murza has disappeared from prison, colleagues say

Associated Press  

Supporters of prominent Russian opposition figure Vladimir Kara-Murza Jr., who is serving a 25-year sentence for treason, said Monday that he has disappeared from the Siberian prison where he was behind bars. A lawyer for Kara-Murza, Vadim Prokhorov, said another lawyer who tried to visit the political activist and journalist on Monday was told that he wasn’t in the prison, …

Russian courts jail a Putin critic and a woman convicted of a blast that killed a pro-war blogger
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Russian courts jail a Putin critic and a woman convicted of a blast that killed a pro-war blogger

Associated Press  

TALLINN, Estonia — A Russian court on Thursday sentenced a woman to 27 years in prison for a cafe blast that killed a prominent pro-war blogger after he was given a bust of himself that later exploded. In a separate proceeding, a Moscow court convicted a former leader of separatist rebels in Ukraine who called President Vladimir Putin a coward …

An associate of Russian opposition leader Navalny is sentenced to 9 years in prison
11 months, 3 weeks ago

An associate of Russian opposition leader Navalny is sentenced to 9 years in prison

Associated Press  

MOSCOW — An associate of imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was sentenced to nine years in prison on Friday, the latest move in a relentless Kremlin crackdown on dissent. Ksenia Fadeyeva, a regional legislator who headed a local branch of Navalny’s organization in the Siberian city of Tomsk, was convicted on charges of organizing an extremist group. A Moscow …

Wife of twice-poisoned Briton held in Kremlin prison fears ‘time is running out’
1 year, 1 month ago

Wife of twice-poisoned Briton held in Kremlin prison fears ‘time is running out’

The Independent  

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Russian convicted of Kremlin critic’s murder pardoned after fighting in Ukraine
1 year, 1 month ago

Russian convicted of Kremlin critic’s murder pardoned after fighting in Ukraine

The Independent  

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A man convicted in the 2006 killing of a Russian journalist wins a pardon after serving in Ukraine
1 year, 1 month ago

A man convicted in the 2006 killing of a Russian journalist wins a pardon after serving in Ukraine

Associated Press  

A man convicted in the 2006 killing of Russian investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya received a presidential pardon after he did a stint fighting in Ukraine, his lawyer said. Khadzhikurbanov, a former police detective, was released last year to fight in Ukraine and then signed a Defense Ministry contract to continue serving after his pardon, his lawyer Alexei Mikhalchik told The …

Russia detains 3 lawyers for imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny after raids
1 year, 2 months ago

Russia detains 3 lawyers for imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny after raids

LA Times  

Russian authorities Friday detained three lawyers representing imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny after searching their homes, the dissident politician’s allies said, a step that comes amid increasing pressure on the Kremlin’s critics. With Navalny being held in a special punitive facility in the colony, he is not allowed any phone calls and hardly any visits from anyone but his lawyers, …

A Kremlin critic was transferred to a Siberian prison and placed in a ‘punishment cell,’ lawyer says
1 year, 3 months ago

A Kremlin critic was transferred to a Siberian prison and placed in a ‘punishment cell,’ lawyer says

Associated Press  

TALLINN, Estonia — An imprisoned Russian opposition figure has been transferred to a maximum security prison in Siberia and placed in a tiny “punishment cell,” his lawyer said Sunday. Vladimir Kara-Murza Jr., 42, earlier this year was convicted of treason for publicly denouncing Russia’s war in Ukraine and sentenced to 25 years in prison as part of the Kremlin’s relentless …

Russia seeks a 20-year prison term for Kremlin foe Navalny in closed trial, ally says
1 year, 5 months ago

Russia seeks a 20-year prison term for Kremlin foe Navalny in closed trial, ally says

Associated Press  

TALLINN, Estonia — Russian prosecutors have asked a court to sentence imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny to 20 years in prison on extremism charges, his ally Ivan Zhdanov said Thursday. According to Zhdanov, the trial against Navalny, which has been held behind closed doors in the prison where the politician is serving another lengthy sentence, is scheduled to conclude with …

Russia seeks 20-year prison term for Kremlin foe Navalny in closed trial, his ally says
1 year, 5 months ago

Russia seeks 20-year prison term for Kremlin foe Navalny in closed trial, his ally says

LA Times  

Russian prosecutors have asked a court to sentence imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny to an additional 20 years in prison on extremism charges, his ally Ivan Zhdanov said Thursday. According to Zhdanov, Navalny’s trial, which was held behind closed doors in the prison where the politician is serving another lengthy sentence, is scheduled to conclude with a verdict on Aug. …

Jailed Kremlin foe Navalny says he may face life sentence
1 year, 7 months ago

Jailed Kremlin foe Navalny says he may face life sentence

Associated Press  

MOSCOW — Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said Wednesday that he was facing new extremism and terrorism charges that could keep him behind bars for life, as authorities set the stage for a new trial against the Kremlin’s leading critic. Navalny said by video link from prison during the hearing that the extremism charges which he rejected as “absurd” …

Vladimir Kara-Murza | Voice of dissent
1 year, 8 months ago

Vladimir Kara-Murza | Voice of dissent

The Hindu  

“This day will come as inevitably as spring follows even the coldest winter. From this realisation, from this reflection, the long, difficult but vital path towards the recovery and restoration of Russia, its return to the community of civilised countries, will begin,” said the 41-year-old Vladimir Kara-Murza, defiant from his glass cage inside a Russian courtroom, on April 10. According …

Russia crosses new lines in crackdown on Putin's enemies
1 year, 8 months ago

Russia crosses new lines in crackdown on Putin's enemies

India Today  

With virtually all the Kremlin's opponents already jailed or in exile, and liberal press outlets and human rights groups forced to shut down, it might have appeared that years of repression in Russia had achieved their objective. Then on Monday, opposition politician Vladimir Kara-Murza was jailed for treason and spreading "false information" about Russia's war in Ukraine. The following day, …

How the trial of Kara-Murza exposes the brutal repression in Vladimir Putin’s Russia
1 year, 8 months ago

How the trial of Kara-Murza exposes the brutal repression in Vladimir Putin’s Russia

Firstpost  

Vladimir Putin has presided over a regime where political opponents have been neutralised, imprisoned or murdered and Kara-Murza is merely the latest example Longtime Kremlin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza has been found guilty of treason and sentenced to 25 years in prison after what the journalist and activist has dismissed as a 1930s-style “show trial”. Over the years, Kara-Murza has been …

Opposition figure’s sentence underlines Russian intolerance
1 year, 8 months ago

Opposition figure’s sentence underlines Russian intolerance

Associated Press  

The 25-year treason sentence imposed on prominent Russian opposition figure Vladimir Kara-Murza on Monday was a particularly severe show of Russian authorities’ intensifying intolerance for criticism of the war in Ukraine and other dissenting opinions. Under President Vladimir Putin, Russia for years has been closing in on those who challenge the Kremlin, arresting countless protesters, cracking down on independent news …

Putin’s critic gets ‘harsh punishment’ of 25 years jail, says ‘I don’t repent…’
1 year, 8 months ago

Putin’s critic gets ‘harsh punishment’ of 25 years jail, says ‘I don’t repent…’

Live Mint  

Russian opposition politician and Kremlin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza has been sentenced to 25 years in prison by a Moscow court. State prosecutors had accused Kara-Murza of discrediting the Russian military after he criticised what Moscow calls its "special military operation" in Ukraine. "Discrediting" the army can currently be punished by up to five years in prison, while spreading deliberately false …

Putin critic and Russian opposition activist Vladimir Kara-Murza given 25-year prison sentence
1 year, 8 months ago

Putin critic and Russian opposition activist Vladimir Kara-Murza given 25-year prison sentence

Firstpost  

Kara-Murza is a prominent opposition activist who twice survived poisonings he blamed on the Kremlin, has been behind bars since his arrest a year ago Moscow: A court in Moscow on Monday convicted a top Kremlin foe on charges of treason and denigrating the Russian military and sentenced him to 25 years in prison. Kara-Murza, 41, a father of three …

Putin critic jailed for 25 years in harshest sentence since Ukraine invasion
1 year, 8 months ago

Putin critic jailed for 25 years in harshest sentence since Ukraine invasion

Hindustan Times  

Outspoken Kremlin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza was jailed for a quarter of a century by a Moscow court on Monday, the harshest sentence of its kind since Russia invaded Ukraine, after it found him guilty of treason and other offences he denied. Russian President Vladimir Putin Kara-Murza, 41, a father of three and an opposition politician who holds Russian and British …

Putin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza sentenced to 25 years in prison
1 year, 8 months ago

Putin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza sentenced to 25 years in prison

Al Jazeera  

Kara-Murza, who has denounced Russia’s war in Ukraine, jailed for treason and denigrating the army. A Russian court on Monday sentenced Kremlin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza to 25 years in prison for treason and denigrating the military, the harshest sentence of its kind since Russia invaded Ukraine. Kara-Murza, 41, a father of three and an opposition politician who holds Russian and …

Russian activist who denounced Ukraine war convicted of treason, sentenced to 25 years
1 year, 8 months ago

Russian activist who denounced Ukraine war convicted of treason, sentenced to 25 years

LA Times  

Russian opposition activist Vladimir Kara-Murza Jr. is escorted to a court hearing in Moscow in February. Amnesty International denounced Kara-Murza’s sentence as “yet another chilling example of the systematic repression of civil society, which has broadened and accelerated under the Kremlin since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last year.” “The so-called ‘crimes’ Vladimir Kara-Murza was tried for — speaking out against …

Russia sentences opposition activist Vladimir Kara-Murza to 25 years in prison
1 year, 8 months ago

Russia sentences opposition activist Vladimir Kara-Murza to 25 years in prison

NPR  

Russia sentences opposition activist Vladimir Kara-Murza to 25 years in prison Enlarge this image toggle caption AP AP A Moscow court sentenced on Monday Russian opposition activist Vladimir Kara-Murza to 25 years in prison over his criticism of the war in Ukraine — the harshest prison term delivered yet to a government opponent since the Kremlin launched its invasion in …

Russia's year of war: Purge of critics, surge of nationalism
1 year, 10 months ago

Russia's year of war: Purge of critics, surge of nationalism

Firstpost  

Tallinn: Moscow’s nights display few signs of a nation at war. There’s only an occasional “Z” — the symbol of Russia’s “special military operation,” as the Ukraine invasion is officially known — seen on a building or a shuttered store abandoned by a Western retailer. Most of humanity is with us.” These messages play well in Russia, says Denis Volkov, …

'Putin will be toppled before sentence ends' Russian opposition politician declares as he is jailed
2 years ago

'Putin will be toppled before sentence ends' Russian opposition politician declares as he is jailed

Daily Mail  

A Russian opposition politician today jailed for eight-and-a-half years for criticising the brutal war in Ukraine declared from the court dock that Vladimir Putin would be toppled long before his sentence was completed. Ilya Yashin, 39, who is an ex-boyfriend of Putin's 'goddaughter', was sentenced for spreading 'false information' about Russia's horrific war crimes in Bucha in the highest-profile conviction …

Russia: Putin critic gets 8 years in jail for ‘false information’
2 years ago

Russia: Putin critic gets 8 years in jail for ‘false information’

Al Jazeera  

Ilya Yashin was charged after casting doubt over the Kremlin’s narrative on atrocities that took place in Bucha, Ukraine. Russian opposition figure Ilya Yashin was sentenced to eight-and-a-half years in prison for “spreading fake information” about the Russian army. Yashin is also an ally of jailed opposition leader Alexey Navalny, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most prominent critic, and was close …

Kremlin critic Ilya Yashin jailed for eight and a half years, in latest blow to what’s left of Russian opposition
2 years ago

Kremlin critic Ilya Yashin jailed for eight and a half years, in latest blow to what’s left of Russian opposition

CNN  

CNN — A Moscow court on Friday sentenced Kremlin critic Ilya Yashin to eight years and six months imprisonment, according to Russian state media RIA Novosti, in a blow to what’s left of the country’s opposition. It is unclear if Yashin’s prison sentence for spreading “false information” about the Russian army includes the time he has already spent in jail …

Russian opposition figure gets 8½ years in prison for criticizing Ukraine war
2 years ago

Russian opposition figure gets 8½ years in prison for criticizing Ukraine war

LA Times  

Russian opposition activist and former municipal official Ilya Yashin gestures and smiles in a Moscow courtroom Firday. A prominent Russian opposition figure was sentenced Friday to 8½ years in prison after being convicted of charges stemming from his criticism of the Kremlin’s war in Ukraine. “Only the weak want to shut everyone’s mouth and eradicate any dissent.” Yashin was charged …

Vladimir Putin's critics: dead, jailed, exiled
2 years, 1 month ago

Vladimir Putin's critics: dead, jailed, exiled

Raw Story  

Opposition politician Ilya Yashin, who went on trial in Moscow on Wednesday, risks becoming the latest in a long line of Kremlin critics slapped with heavy jail terms. Jailed Russia's main opposition politician Alexei Navalny was poisoned with Novichok, a Soviet-made nerve agent, on a trip to Siberia in 2020. Exiled Some of Putin's high-profile critics have been based abroad …

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