Ilya Yashin, a key figure in protests against Russian President Vladimir Putin’s rule, was sentenced for the crime of disseminating ‘false information’ about the Russian military during the invasion of Ukraine
Russian opposition leader and former Moscow municipal deputy Ilya Yashin gestures in a defendants' glass cage prior to a verdict hearing at the Meshchansky district court in Moscow, December 9, 2022.Ilya Yashin, a key figure in more than a decade of protests against Russian President Vladimir Putin’s rule, was sentenced in December to 8½ years in jail for the crime of disseminating “false information” about the Russian military during the invasion of Ukraine.
Working helps. I read a lot every day, write a lot, including composing texts. Every week I receive letters from my supporters and sympathizers, they are an immense support. And knowing that I’m right gives me strength as well. Regardless, I have not gone silent, and considered it my duty to inform our society of the truths of this war, of the occupation of Ukrainian territories, of tens of thousands of people dying and millions becoming refugees, of the crimes committed by Russian soldiers and officers.
More than that, I find it instrumental that there is a voice against the war and Putin’s dictatorship to be heard inside of Russia, not only abroad. This is saving at least somewhat my country’s reputation. There are no countries destined for authoritarianism, as there are no people that don’t deserve freedom. The path that Russia is currently on has been walked by many countries before. Germany used to be ruled by absolute evil that was destroying people on an industrial scale and set off the most horrible way in human history. But the Germans were able to make it out of this darkness and created an amazing society based on humanism, justice and progress.
Blocking their accounts, arresting their mansions, superyachts, personal jets, and other personal sanctions have rid them of their privileges and created a rupture in the foundation of Putin’s rule, thus provoking a split between the elites. Putin has become toxic for his own environment, so continuing to press down on this tendency is very reasonable. The sanctions against the military and industrial complex are as well.
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