Russian opposition figure Ilya Yashin jailed for denouncing Ukraine war

Politician sentenced to eight and a half years over series of posts about atrocities in Bucha Russia-Ukraine war - latest updates A Russian court has sentenced the opposition politician Ilya Yashin to eight and a half years in prison, in the most high-profile case to date of a Russian dissident being jailed for opposing the invasion of Ukraine. Yashin was tried on charges of spreading false information meant to discredit the Russian army, under a law introduced after Russia launched its invasion...