A critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin and the war in Ukraine is to remain behind bars after losing an appeal against an eight-and-a-half-year sentence handed down in December 2022.
A critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin and the war in Ukraine is to remain behind bars after losing an appeal against an eight-and-a-half-year sentence handed down in December 2022.
Russian opposition politician Ilya Yashin lost his appeal on Wednesday (April 19) against an eight-and-a-half-year prison sentence..