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Russian opposition activist and former municipal deputy of the Krasnoselsky district Ilya Yashin is seen at a TV screen, as he appears in a video link provided by the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service in a courtroom of the Moscow City Court during a hearing on his appeal of his prison sentence, in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, April 19, 2023. Last December, Yashin, was sentenced to eight and a half years in prison on charges of spreading false information about the military, part of the authorities' crackdown on critics of Moscow's action in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Moscow court rejects Kremlin critic’s appeal of prison term

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FILE - Russian opposition activist and a municipal deputy of the Krasnoselsky district Ilya Yashin stands in a cage at a court room during a hearing on his detention the Basmanny district court in Moscow, July 13, 2022. Yashin, 39, is one of the few prominent opposition figures that refused to leave Russia despite the unprecedented pressure the authorities have mounted on dissent in recent years. A sharp critic of the Kremlin, a vocal ally of imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny and an uncompromising member of a Moscow municipal council, Yashin was arrested in June. (AP Photo/Dmitry Serebryakov, File)

Jailed Kremlin critic: Government has ‘failed to shut me up’

By Dasha Litvinova - Associated Press

Russian opposition activist and a municipal deputy of the Krasnoselsky district Ilya Yashin stands in a cage at a court room during a hearing on his detention the Basmanny district court in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, July 13, 2022. Yashin faces charges under a new law making it a crime to spread false information about the military that carry a potential sentence of up to 15 years in prison. (AP Photo/Dmitry Serebryakov)

Russia jails opposition figure for criticizing its military

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FILE In this file photo taken on Sunday, July 14, 2019, Russian opposition candidate Russian and activist Ilya Yashin gestures while speaking to a crowd during a protest in Moscow, Russia. A prominent Russian opposition figure has been detained by police immediately after leaving a jail where he had served two sentences connected to protests in Moscow. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, File)

Russian opposition figure re-arrested upon release

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Russian opposition figure re-arrested upon jail release

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Russian opposition candidate Russian and activist Ilya Yashin, center, gestures while speaking to a crowd next to a bas-relief of the Soviet founder Vladimir Lenin, left, during a protest in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, July 14, 2019. Opposition candidates who run for seats in the city legislature in September's elections have complained that authorities try to bar them from the race by questioning the validity of signatures of city residents they must collect in order to qualify for the race. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

Russian opposition rallies for Moscow election candidates

By MATTHEW BODNER - Associated Press