Opposition leader Ilya Yashin sentenced to 8.5 years in prison for "fakes about the Russian army"

On December 9, the Meshchansky Court of Moscow sentenced a Russian oppositioner Ilya Yashin to eight and a half years in prison for "fakes" about the Russian army. This podcast is available in Russian only.

Russian opposition activist and former municipal deputy of the Krasnoselsky district Ilya Yashin gestures as he stands inside a glass cubicle in a courtroom prior to a hearing in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Dec. 9, 2022 Credit: Yury Kochetkov/Pool Photo via AP

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