Russia's prominent anti-war politician jailed for 11 years

The court in Pskov, north-western Russia, delivered its verdict on Monday. It found Shlosberg guilty of "public actions aimed at discrediting the use of the armed forces of the Russian Federation".The prosecution had demanded 12 years and one month in jail. The criminal charges were brought following Shlosberg's comments published on social media.In his closing speech, Shlosberg again rejected all the charges, describing the trial as "an imitation of an investigation" in order to "achieve an obviously illegal goal", according to a transcript published by the Novaya Gazeta newspaper.The opposition politician also repeated his call for a ceasefire in the Russia-ukraine-war" class="entity-link entity-event" data-entity-id="1200" data-entity-type="event">Russia-Ukraine war and the start of a "political dialogue".He was repeatedly interrupted by the presiding judge.Yabloko was struck off the ballots earlier this month over accusations that the party publicly supports the "international LGBT movement", which Russia's Supreme Court designates as extremist.A lawsuit brought forward by pro-Kremlin nationalist party Rodina also argued that Yabloko was guilty of copyright infringement.