Russian court jails a Kremlin critic for 11 years for opposing the war in Ukraine
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Lev Shlosberg senior member of the Yabloko party, stands in the defendant's box prior to a verdict in the case against him is delivered, in a court in Pskov, Russia, Monday, Aug. 17, 2026. (AP Photo)Lev Shlosberg, left, senior member of the Yabloko party, waves standing in the defendant's box after a verdict in the case against him is delivered, in a court in Pskov, Russia, Monday, Aug. 17, 2026, with his wife Zhanna Shlosberg on the right. (AP Photo)Lev Shlosberg, center, senior member of the Yabloko party, is being led out of the court room after a judge convicted him and sentenced him to more than 11 years in prison, in a court in Pskov, Russia, Monday, Aug. 17, 2026. (AP Photo)Chairman of the Appellate Board of the Supreme Court judge Vladimir Zaitsev, background center, his deputy Igor Zinchenko, and Judge Denis Tyutin, attend a reading of the court decision on an appeal against its ruling to bar the Yabloko party from the upcoming parliamentary elections, at the Russia's Supreme Court, in Moscow, Monday, Aug. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)Yabloko party leader Nikolai Rybakov carries a box with documents leaving the Russia's Supreme Court after hearing an appeal on a lawsuit to bar the party from the upcoming parliamentary elections, in Moscow, Monday, Aug. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)Yabloko party leader Nikolai Rybakov speaks to his supporters and journalists after hearing an appeal on a lawsuit to bar the party from the upcoming parliamentary elections, at the Russia's Supreme Court, in Moscow, Monday, Aug. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)
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Lev Shlosberg senior member of the Yabloko party, stands in the defendant's box prior to a verdict in the case against him is delivered, in a court in Pskov, Russia, Monday, Aug. 17, 2026. (AP Photo)