Moscow court dismisses Russian opposition figure's appeal of 8 1/2 year prison sentence
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Ilya Yashin, a prominent Russian opposition figure, is in prison for eight and a half years for his criticizing Russia's actions in Ukraine. Yashin's appeal was dismissed in court.
The charges against him stemmed from a series of online posts discussing atrocities in Bucha, a town outside Ukraine's capital where dead civilians were found in the streets and a mass grave after Russian troops withdrew.
During his trial last year, Yashin argued that a livestreamed YouTube video in which he talked about Ukrainians being killed in Bucha cited official Russian sources along with Ukrainian statements to give his audience an objective view.
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