Government Critic Moscow Councillor Found Guilty Over Ukraine Criticism
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Russia-Ukraine War: The 39-year-old Moscow councillor is just the latest in a long line of Kremlin critics to have been sidelined in recent years, a crackdown that intensified after the conflict began in February.
A Russian court found opposition figure Ilya Yashin guilty on Friday of spreading "false information" about Russia's military intervention in Ukraine, the highest-profile conviction under new legislation criminalising criticism of the campaign.
The 39-year-old Moscow councillor is just the latest in a long line of Kremlin critics to have been sidelined in recent years, a crackdown that intensified after the conflict began in February.
Wearing a white sweatshirt and handcuffed, Yashin smiled and waved to his family during the session, an AFP journalist reported from the court.
Judge Oksana Goryunova said Yashin had committed a crime by disseminating "knowingly false information about Russia's Armed Forces".
