Accessibility links

Breaking News

Russian Opposition Leaders Sentenced To 10 Days In Jail


Ilya Yashin
Ilya Yashin
MOSCOW – The leader of Russia's opposition Solidarity movement, Ilya Yashin, has been sentenced to 10 days in jail after being found guilty of failure to obey a law-enforcement officer.

Yashin was detained on May 16 at Moscow's Kudrinskaya Square where anti-Putin demonstrators were gathering.

Those demonstrators were still on the square as of May 18, athough there are reports police have moved in to prevent people from setting up tents.

Police also detained at least 12 more people on May 17, among them environmental activist Yevgenia Chirikova and Petr Verzilov, a member of the art group Voina.

Chirikova, who faces the same charges as Yashin, said police broke her arm while they were detaining her.

With reporting by ITAR-TASS and Interfax

RFE/RL has been declared an "undesirable organization" by the Russian government.

If you are in Russia or the Russia-controlled parts of Ukraine and hold a Russian passport or are a stateless person residing permanently in Russia or the Russia-controlled parts of Ukraine, please note that you could face fines or imprisonment for sharing, liking, commenting on, or saving our content, or for contacting us.

To find out more, click here.

XS
SM
MD
LG