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Reuters
a day ago
- Politics
- Reuters
Russian court orders house arrest of politician accused of discrediting the Russian army
MOSCOW, June 11 (Reuters) - A court in Pskov said on Wednesday it had ruled that opposition politician Lev Shlosberg be placed under house arrest for two months and face unspecified restrictions on his activities at the request of state prosecutors. Shlosberg was detained on Tuesday and charged with discrediting the Russian army after describing the war in Ukraine as a game of "bloody chess", his party said. The 61-year-old made the comment in a video debate in January in which he urged an end to the war. The liberal Yabloko party, of which Shlosberg is a senior member, said his arrest was linked to those remarks. He denies the charge, it said. The court service of the Pskov region, which borders Estonia, on Wednesday published an image of Shlosberg at a court hearing standing up inside a courtroom cage. It noted that the authorities had already designated Shlosberg "a foreign agent," a label which carries negative Soviet-era connotations and complicates designees' lives. Shlosberg, one of relatively few opposition politicians remaining in the country, faces up to five years in jail if convicted.
Straits Times
a day ago
- Politics
- Straits Times
Russian court orders house arrest of politician it says discredited the Russian army
FILE PHOTO: Lev Shlosberg, member of the political party Yabloko, attends the party's congress in Moscow, Russia, April 3, 2021. A sign reads: \"Yabloko is changing. XXI congress\". REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/ File Photo Russian court orders house arrest of politician it says discredited the Russian army MOSCOW - A court in Pskov said on Wednesday it had ruled that opposition politician Lev Shlosberg be placed under house arrest for two months and face unspecified restrictions on his activities at the request of state prosecutors. Shlosberg was detained on Tuesday and charged with discrediting the Russian army after describing the war in Ukraine as a game of "bloody chess", his party said. The 61-year-old made the comment in a video debate in January in which he urged an end to the war. The liberal Yabloko party, of which Shlosberg is a senior member, said his arrest was linked to those remarks. He denies the charge, it said. The court service of the Pskov region, which borders Estonia, on Wednesday published an image of Shlosberg at a court hearing standing up inside a courtroom cage. It noted that the authorities had already designated Shlosberg "a foreign agent," a label which carries negative Soviet-era connotations and complicates designees' lives. Shlosberg, one of relatively few opposition politicians remaining in the country, faces up to five years in jail if convicted. REUTERS Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news delivered to you.
West Australian
2 days ago
- Politics
- West Australian
Russian politician held over 'bloody chess' war comment
Russian opposition politician Lev Shlosberg has been arrested and charged with discrediting the Russian army after describing the Ukraine war as a game of "bloody chess," his party says. Shlosberg, 61, made the comment in a video debate in January in which he urged an end to the war. "We must first stop killing people," he said at the time. "If we achieve peace, we will regain freedom." The Yabloko party, of which Shlosberg is a senior member, said his arrest was linked to those remarks. He denies the charge, it said. Shlosberg was detained after authorities searched his home and the Yabloko office in Pskov, a city near the Estonian border, the party said, adding that he was placed in pre-trial detention pending a court hearing on Wednesday. He faces up to five years if convicted under a law passed shortly after Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine that has been widely applied against dissenters. He and his wife have previously been fined under the same statute. Shlosberg is one of relatively few opposition politicians remaining in the country. Scores of others who oppose the Kremlin have fled. Alexei Navalny, the most prominent domestic opponent of President Vladimir Putin, died suddenly in an Arctic penal colony in February last year. A decade ago, Shlosberg was stripped of his post in the Pskov regional assembly after he published a newspaper article alleging that Russian paratroopers buried in a cemetery in his hometown had been killed in a clandestine operation in eastern Ukraine. He separately faces another trial for failing to comply with the law on "foreign agents," a label applied by the authorities against people deemed to be involved in subversive foreign-funded political activity.
Perth Now
2 days ago
- Politics
- Perth Now
Russian politician held over 'bloody chess' war comment
Russian opposition politician Lev Shlosberg has been arrested and charged with discrediting the Russian army after describing the Ukraine war as a game of "bloody chess," his party says. Shlosberg, 61, made the comment in a video debate in January in which he urged an end to the war. "We must first stop killing people," he said at the time. "If we achieve peace, we will regain freedom." The Yabloko party, of which Shlosberg is a senior member, said his arrest was linked to those remarks. He denies the charge, it said. Shlosberg was detained after authorities searched his home and the Yabloko office in Pskov, a city near the Estonian border, the party said, adding that he was placed in pre-trial detention pending a court hearing on Wednesday. He faces up to five years if convicted under a law passed shortly after Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine that has been widely applied against dissenters. He and his wife have previously been fined under the same statute. Shlosberg is one of relatively few opposition politicians remaining in the country. Scores of others who oppose the Kremlin have fled. Alexei Navalny, the most prominent domestic opponent of President Vladimir Putin, died suddenly in an Arctic penal colony in February last year. A decade ago, Shlosberg was stripped of his post in the Pskov regional assembly after he published a newspaper article alleging that Russian paratroopers buried in a cemetery in his hometown had been killed in a clandestine operation in eastern Ukraine. He separately faces another trial for failing to comply with the law on "foreign agents," a label applied by the authorities against people deemed to be involved in subversive foreign-funded political activity.
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Politics
- Yahoo
Russian politician faces criminal charge for condemning Ukraine war
LONDON (Reuters) -Russian opposition politician Lev Shlosberg was arrested on Tuesday and charged with discrediting the Russian army after describing the Ukraine war as a game of "bloody chess", his party said. Shlosberg, 61, made the comment in a video debate in January in which he urged an end to the war. "We must first stop killing people," he said at the time. "If we achieve peace, we will regain freedom." The liberal Yabloko party, of which Shlosberg is a senior member, said his arrest was linked to those remarks. He denies the charge, it said. Shlosberg was detained after authorities searched his home and the Yabloko office in Pskov, a city near the Estonian border, the party said, adding that he was placed in pre-trial detention pending a court hearing on Wednesday. He faces up to five years if convicted under a law passed shortly after Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine that has been widely applied against dissenters. He and his wife have previously been fined under the same statute. Shlosberg is one of relatively few opposition politicians remaining in the country. Scores of others who oppose the Kremlin have fled. Alexei Navalny, the most prominent domestic opponent of President Vladimir Putin, died suddenly in an Arctic penal colony in February last year. A decade ago, Shlosberg was stripped of his post in the Pskov regional assembly after he published a newspaper article alleging that Russian paratroopers buried in a cemetery in his hometown had been killed in a clandestine operation in eastern Ukraine. He separately faces another trial for failing to comply with the law on "foreign agents", a label applied by the authorities against people deemed to be involved in subversive foreign-funded political activity.
