Russia detained prominent opposition politician Ilya Yashin—one of the last opposition activists remaining in Russia—for two months for allegedly spreading false information about Russia’s military.
on Russia to release Yashin, saying the “ugly repression of rights in Russia continues,” adding the “shameful criminalization of freedom of expression must stop.”16,351. That’s how many people Russia has detained for sharing anti-war sentiments since the country began its invasion of Ukraine,legislation making it illegal to spread “false news” about the Russian military, imposing sentences of up to 15 years in prison for those who violate the law.
The new legislation came at the same time as Russia worked to clamp down on independent media outlets,Russia has a long history of targeting those who speak out against the Kremlin: Kara-Murza, Alexei Navalny—a Russian opposition leader who was also allegedly poisoned in 2020, and was detained in 2021—and several other prominent critics of Russia have been poisoned over the last 20 years.
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