June 28, 2022
Russian opposition politician Ilya Yashin has been detained by police while taking an evening walk in a Moscow park.
Yashin's friend, journalist Irina Babloyan, wrote on Telegram that she was with Yashin walking in a park late in the evening on June 27 in the Russian capital when police detained him.
Babloyan tweeted on June 28 that Yashin was charged with disobeying police, namely insulting law enforcement officers when he was detained. Babloyan said the accusation was not true, as Yashin did not resist being detained.
The OVD-Info group that monitors arrests of activists and politicians said that Yashin's lawyer, Vadim Prokhorov, was not allowed to see his client overnight.
If found guilty, Yashin may face up to 15 days in prison.
Yashin, 38, is an outspoken Kremlin critic.
He was fined four times in recent weeks on charges of discrediting the Russian military over his open opposition to Russia's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine that started on February 24.
https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-opposition-yashin-detained/31919216.html
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