Russian politician sentenced to 11 years for opposing war in Ukraine

Al Jazeera · 🇶🇦 public Qatar · Aug 17, 2026 · 70 words

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Russian politician sentenced to 11 years for opposing war in Ukraine NewsFeed Russian politician sentenced to 11 years for opposing war in Ukraine Lev Shlosberg, a senior member of the Yabloko party, was sentenced to 11 years and one month in prison on Monday…

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Why it matters

The charges come in the lead-up to next month’s parliamentary elections.

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The clearest point to anchor on is this: Lev Shlosberg, a senior member of the Yabloko party, was sentenced to 11 years and one month in prison on Monday.

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Claim 1: “Lev Shlosberg, a senior member of the Yabloko party, was sentenced to 11 years and one month in prison on Monday”

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Three independent web search results confirm that Lev Shlosberg, a senior member of the Yabloko party, was sentenced to 11 years and one month in a penal colony by the Pskov City Court.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Legislative elections are scheduled be held in Russia from 18 to 20 September 2026. At stake are 450 seats in the State Duma of the 9th convocation, the lower house of the Federal Assembly. Going into…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Russian_legislative_elect…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Lev Markovich Shlosberg (Russian: Лев Маркович Шлосберг; born 30 July 1963) is a Russian opposition politician, human-rights activist, journalist, historian, political prisoner according to Memorial s…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lev_Shlosberg

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Russian United Democratic Party Yabloko (RUDP Yabloko; Russian: Российская объединённая демократическая партия «Яблоко», romanized: Rossiyskaya obyedinyonnaya demokraticheskaya partiya "Yabloko", …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yabloko

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Claim 2: “sentenced... for “discrediting” and spreading “false information” about the Russian military”

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Multiple sources explicitly state that Shlosberg was convicted of 'discrediting' the armed forces and spreading 'false information' about the Russian military.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Russo-Ukrainian war began in February 2014 and is ongoing. Following Ukraine's Revolution of Dignity, Russia occupied Crimea and annexed it from Ukraine. It then supported Russian separatist armed…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Ukrainian_war

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Claim 3: “The charges come in the lead-up to next month’s parliamentary elections.”

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Wikipedia and multiple news sources confirm that the Russian legislative (parliamentary) elections are scheduled for September 18-20, 2026.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — September 3 is the 246th day of the year (247th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 119 days remain until the end of the year.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On September 9th 2025, at about 11:30 p.m. CEST, 19 to 23 unarmed military drones entered Poland's airspace after allegedly being launched from Russia. The incursion triggered a Quick Reaction Alert; …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — September is the ninth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. Its length is 30 days. September in the Northern Hemisphere and March in the Southern Hemisphere are seasonally equival…
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