Lev Shlosberg

politician

Lev Shlosberg is a former deputy chairman of the Russian opposition party Yabloko, who was sentenced by the Pskov City Court on August 17 to 11 years and 1 month in prison for reposting a report from Echo of Moscow that included a cover from the British tabloid Daily Mirror depicting Vladimir Putin. He was charged under laws related to spreading 'fake news' and repeated 'discreditation' of the Russian armed forces, and is described in the coverage as an 'agent of foreign influence' by Russian authorities.

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