Who Is Lev Shlosberg, the Russian Politician Jailed for Opposing Russia’s War?
Russian opposition politician Lev Shlosberg has been sentenced to 11 years and one month in a penal colony over anti-war statements and a social-media repost. His record stretches from exposing the covert deployment of Russian paratroopers to Ukraine in 2014 to demanding an immediate ceasefire after the full-scale invasion. His radical pacifism has also drawn strong criticism from Ukrainians and…
Lev Shlosberg, a 63-year-old deputy chairman of the liberal Yabloko party, was sentenced to 11 years and one month in a penal colony by a court in Pskov. The court found him guilty of "discrediting" the Russian military and spreading "false information" about it. This decision followed his participation in a debate and reposting a newspaper cover.
The court also prohibited Shlosberg from managing websites for six years. The same day, Russia's Supreme Court rejected Yabloko's appeal against its exclusion from the upcoming parliamentary election, effectively removing both Shlosberg and the anti-war party from public life.
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