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Reacting to a court’s decision to uphold the guilty verdict and 11 years and one month prison sentence of Lev Shlosberg, a leading member of the Yabloko party – the only party in Russia to stand on an anti-war platform – for sharing social media posts related to Russia’s war on Ukraine, Marie Struthers, Amnesty International’s Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, said:

“According to this verdict, someone who expresses pacifist views and shares a photo of a victim of Putin’s aggression against Ukraine is guilty of ‘discrediting the Armed Forces’ and ‘spreading false information.’ This tells you all you need to know about the state of freedom of expression in today’s Russia.

“Today’s decision follows the persecution of other Yabloko members, and the disqualification of the party from the recent State Duma election. Expressing any anti-war sentiment is becoming increasingly dangerous in Russia.”

“Amnesty International calls for the immediate and unconditional release of Lev Shlosberg and all those detained solely for exercising their right to freedom of expression and demands an end to the systemic repression of peaceful political dissent.”

Background

On 12 November, the Pskov Regional Court upheld the 17 August sentence imposed on Lev Shlosberg by Pskov City Court for allegedly posting a video of his online debate about Russia’s war against Ukraine and sharing of a social media post with a Daily Mirror front page depicting Vladimir Putin and a blood-covered Ukrainian woman. In 2026, Yabloko members have increasingly faced criminal prosecutions and election-related disqualifications with at least seven other party members including another deputy chair, Maksim Kruglov, serving prison sentences or held in pre-trial detention. In August, the Supreme Court for the first time since the foundation of the party in 1993 barred, arbitrarily, its federal candidate list from the September State Duma election.