A lawyer for Ilya Yashin says the prominent Kremlin critic has been moved to an unknown destination from his prison where he was serving an 8 1/2-year sentence for criticizing Russia’s war in Ukraine. The statement on the Telegram messaging app by Tatyana Solomina gave no further details.
FILE - Russia n opposition activist and former municipal deputy of the Krasnoselsky district Ilya Yashin gestures, smiling, as he stands in a defendant’s cubicle in a courtroom, prior to a hearing in Moscow, Russia , on Dec. 9, 2022. Ilya Yashin , a prominent Kremlin critics who is serving an 8 1/2-year sentence for criticizing Russia ’s war in Ukraine , has been taken away from his prison to an unknown destination, his lawyer said Tuesday.
Also Tuesday, Memorial said Germany-born Russian citizen Kevin Liik, who was sentenced to four years for allegedly providing information to German special services, has been removed from his prison.US authors make up almost half the 13 semifinalists for the Booker Prize for fictionYashin is one of the few well-known Kremlin critics to stay in Russia after the start of the war.
The convictions for extremism and war criticism are part of a Kremlin crackdown on dissent that has sharply intensified since the February 2022 start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
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