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Russia opens criminal case against opposition figure Ilya Yashin

Ilia Yashin, one of the last Russian opposition figures still in Russia, has been charged for spreading false information for allegedly speaking about killings in Bucha, Ukraine on his YouTube channel [File: Photo by Alexander Nemenov/AFP]

Russian authorities have launched a criminal case against Ilya Yashin, a critic of Russia’s war in Ukraine and one of the last opposition figures remaining in the country, for allegedly spreading false information about the army, his lawyer said.

“I got a call from an investigator – they are beginning to search his home,” lawyer Vadim Prokhorov said on Facebook.

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