A Russian opposition activist who used social media to condemn Moscow's war in Ukraine received an eight-and-a-half year jail sentence on Tuesday after a Moscow court found him guilty of spreading false information about the army.
Dmitry Ivanov, who ran a protest channel on the Telegram social network for students of Moscow State University, said his statements about what Moscow calls its "special military operation" in Ukraine were accurate and denied any wrongdoing.
Speaking in English from a glass box inside the courtroom before the verdict, he called the conflict a tragedy for Ukrainians and Russians.
