A criminal case was initiated against the politician after one of his streams in April, in which he talked about the killing of peaceful Ukrainians in Buch.

Russian politician Ilya Yashin, who took an anti-war stance, was sentenced to 8.5 years in a general regime colony.

He was sentenced by the Moscow Municipal Court for spreading “fakes” about the Russian army.

According to rosZMI, after Yashin is released from prison, he will be banned from using the Internet for four years.

The public prosecutor demanded to sentence the politician to nine years in prison.

It is worth noting that after the start of the war in Ukraine, Ilya Yashin openly took an anti-war stance and refused to leave Russia.

Ilya Yashin: what was the oppositionist tried for?

A criminal case was opened against Yashin after one of his arrests in April. In it, he talked about the killing of peaceful Ukrainians in Bucha, Kyiv region, during the Russian occupation.

The politician was accused of “disseminating deliberately false information motivated by political hatred.”

In court, Ilya Yashin pleaded not guilty, noting that he cited both the position of Ukraine and the position of the Russian Ministry of Defense.

“Looking at the consequences of this terrible war, you probably already understand what a grave mistake you made on February 24. Our army is not greeted with flowers. We are called punishers and occupiers. Your name is now strongly associated with the words “death” and ” destruction”. You have brought a terrible disaster to the Ukrainian people, who will probably never forgive us. But you are waging a war not only with Ukrainians, but also with your compatriots,” Yashin said in court, addressing the Kremlin dictator Putin.