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December 12, 2022

Moscow Court Imprisons Kremlin Critic Ilya Yashin for Condemning Russian Violence in Ukraine
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A Russian court sentenced prominent Kremlin critic Ilya Yashin to over
eight years in prison for spreading "fake news," after he spoke out in
April about suspected Russian war crimes in the Ukrainian town of Bucha.
Yashin's lawyer said they would appeal the verdict.

Maria Eysmont: "The prosecutors haven't proven that the information
conveyed was a lie or that it was deliberately wrongful, or that his
motivation, as they say, was political hatred."



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