A Russian
court in Pskov sentenced Lev Shlosberg, a prominent anti-war politician, to 11
years and one month in a penal colony on Monday.
The court
found the 63-year-old deputy head of the liberal Yabloko party guilty of “discrediting”
the nation’s armed forces and disseminating “false information” about them
through social media comments.
Shlosberg
denounced the verdict, asserting its sole purpose was to “punish a person for
his political, public and civil position”.
The prosecution...
