Russia jails anti-war politician for 11 years in further clampdown on dissent - Reuters

Russia jails anti-war politician for 11 years in further clampdown on dissent  Reuters

Russian court jails a Kremlin critic for 11 years for opposing the war in Ukraine - AP News

Russian court jails a Kremlin critic for 11 years for opposing the war in Ukraine  AP News

Russia's prominent anti-war politician jailed for 11 years

Lev Schlosberg is found guilty of "discrediting" Russia's army - a verdict he condemns as punishment for his political position.

Barred From Ballot, a Party Becomes a Vessel for Russians’ Discontent

The spotlight on the country’s only antiwar party has brought a spark to what had looked like another dull, tightly controlled election campaign.

By Ivan Nechepurenko

Russia Sentences Politician to 11 Years for Opposing Putin’s War

A Russian court sentenced an opposition politician to 11 years and one month in a penal colony for speaking against President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, the latest anti-war figure to be jailed in a broader crackdown on dissent.

By Bloomberg News

Russian court sentences anti-war politician Shlosberg to 11 years in jail

Prominent Russian opposition politician Lev Shlosberg has repeatedly called for a ceasefire in Ukraine and was charged over his participation in an online debate on the war as well as for sharing critical articles about it.

Finland halts deportation of Russian family who ‘risked everything’ to oppose Ukraine invasion

Mother and son Olga and Nikita Belov were facing torture and death after their asylum claim was repeatedly rejected A Russian family who were on the brink of being deported from Finland after repeatedly being denied asylum – despite the threat of arrest, imprisonment and torture for their pro-Ukrainian activism – have won a court appeal and will have their case reconsidered. Nikita Belov and his mother, Olga Belov, fled their homeland for Finland in 2022 after attracting the attention of Russ...

By Miranda Bryant Nordic correspondent

Russian politician sentenced to 11 years for opposing war in Ukraine

Lev Shlosberg, a senior member of the Yabloko party, was sentenced to 11 years and one month in prison on Monday.

Deputy head of Russia's only anti-war party Yabloko sentenced to 11 years over social media posts

A Russian court sentenced Lev Shlosberg, deputy head of the anti-war Yabloko party, to 11 years and one month in prison after finding him guilty of "discrediting the armed forces" and spreading "war fake news".

By Viktoriia Shabranska

Russia: Prison for opposition leader over war criticism

Lev Shlosberg of the Yabloko party has been sentenced to over 11 years in a penal colony for criticizing the war in Ukraine. "A single person is imprisoned, yet fear seeps into the hearts of millions," he said in court.

Kremlin critic jailed in Russia for 11 years for opposing the war in Ukraine

A Russian court on Monday convicted a prominent opposition politician for speaking out against the war in Ukraine and sentenced him to 11 years and one month in prison in the latest crackdown leading up to next month’s parliamentary election. The verdict against Lev Shlosberg, a senior member of the Yabloko party, was another step by the Kremlin to stifle dissent since Russia invaded its neighbour in February 2022. Yabloko is the only official political party overtly opposing the war. In a...

By Associated Press

Russia’s Supreme Court upholds ban on anti-war party Yabloko

Russia’s Supreme Court on Monday upheld the exclusion of liberal opposition party Yabloko from September’s legislative elections, eliminating the country’s only explicitly anti-war party from the ballot, as dozens of the party's supporters were detained outside the court. The decision comes amid a wider crackdown on critics of Moscow’s war in Ukraine.

By FRANCE 24

Russia jails opposition politician for 11 years over Ukraine war criticism

Lev Shlosberg was sentenced to 11 years in jail on Monday

By Mark Trevelyan

Russian court jails a Kremlin critic for 11 years for opposing the war in Ukraine

Russia jails opposition politician for 11 years for anti-war comments, Mediazona says - The Straits Times

Russia jails opposition politician for 11 years for anti-war comments, Mediazona says  The Straits Times

Russia jails anti-war politician for 11 years in further clampdown on dissent

A senior member of Russia’s liberal Yabloko party was sentenced on Monday to 11 years and one month in a penal colony for condemning the war in Ukraine, which he described at his trial as a catastrophe for Russia. Lev Shlosberg, the party’s deputy chairman, was accused of discrediting Russia’s armed forces and spreading false […]

Russian Supreme Court Rejects Yabloko’s Appeal Over Candidate List Ban

The high court upheld its earlier ruling that the pro-peace party had made copyright violations and broken campaign finance laws.

He stayed in Russia and kept saying the war in Ukraine must end. Now opposition politician Lev Shlosberg is going to prison for more than 11 years.

Judge Viktoria Malyamova of the Pskov City Court sentenced Lev Shlosberg, deputy chair of Russia’s Yabloko party, to 11 years and one month in a penal colony for repeatedly “discrediting” the Russian military and for spreading “false information” about the Armed Forces, the independent Russian news outlet Mediazona reported.