Russian opposition politician Lev Shlosberg -- one of the last public figures openly criticising Moscow's Ukraine offensive still in Russia and not in prison -- was arrested on Tuesday, his party said.
Govt rolls out new incentives for overseas Pakistanis as remittances hit record $31.2bRussian opposition politician Lev Shlosberg -- one of the last public figures openly criticising Moscow's Ukraine offensive still in Russia and not in prison -- was arrested on Tuesday, his party said.
Amid its military campaign, Russia has intensified a campaign against dissenters and opponents, ushering in strict military censorship laws and jailing critics for years. Shlosberg, 61, is a well-known former lawmaker in Russia's western city of Pskov and a longtime critic of President Vladimir Putin. The Yabloko party, of which he is a member, said he was detained for calling for a ceasefire in Ukraine -- which Russia has been resisting for months despite international pressure -- in a video debate earlier this year. "Lev Shlosberg was sent to a temporary detention centre as a defendant accused of repeated 'discreditation' of the army," the press service of the Yabloko party said in a statement. It earlier said authorities opened a criminal case against Shlosberg over a January video"in which the politician defended his position on the necessity of a quick ceasefire" in Ukraine. The party said security services searched Shlosberg's home and offices in Pskov -- as well as the home of his 96-year-old father.Shlosberg has already twice been fined for discrediting the army, a law adopted by Moscow days after it launched its Ukraine offensive and which has been widely used to silence dissent.Exile figures have criticised Shlosberg for not denouncing the offensive strongly enough and for criticising Ukrainian counter-attacks. A long-time critic of the Kremlin, Shlosberg has been denouncing Moscow's actions in Ukraine since 2014, when it annexed the Crimea peninsula and backed pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine. That included highlighting instances of Russian soldiers killed fighting Kyiv's troops at a time when Moscow denied its troops were taking part in the conflict.Chinese leader Xi Jinping urged South Korea's new President Lee Jae-myung on Tuesday to work with Beijing to uphold free trade and defend ...Posted 08:56 PM, 10 Jun, 2025
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