INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
reported Wednesday, citing a ministry database.Yashin, a former municipal councilman in Moscow, was released from jail in August as part of
a major prisoner exchange between Russia and Western countries
In 2022, he was sentenced to eight and a half years in prison for his criticism of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.It was not immediately
clear what new charges Russian law enforcement authorities have pressed against the opposition figure as part of the warrant for his
imprisonment not only as a fight against the war but also as a fight for my right to live in my country and to pursue an independent
opposition movement in exile, taking part in an anti-Kremlin protest in Berlin in November.AFP contributed reporting.
