Shlosberg Gets 11 Years for Opposing War in Ukraine
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- Lev Shlosberg, a senior member of Russia's Yabloko party, was sentenced to 11 years and one month in prison on Monday for "discrediting" and spreading "false information" about the Russian military.
- The conviction comes in the lead-up to next month's Russian parliamentary elections, per the source.
Why it matters: An 11-year sentence removes a senior Yabloko voice from Russian political life just weeks before parliamentary elections, showing that public anti-war dissent during the Ukraine war now carries the harshest criminal penalties the state can levy.
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