Russian court jails a Kremlin critic for 11 years for opposing the war in Ukraine

Russian court jails a Kremlin critic for 11 years for opposing the war in Ukraine

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A court in Russia has convicted a prominent opposition politician for speaking out against the war in Ukraine and sentenced him to 11 years and a month in prison in the latest crackdown on dissent ahead of next month’s parliamentary election.

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