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Moscow police detain opposition politician Ilya Yashin

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Tuesday, 28 June, 2022, 11:14
Moscow police detain opposition politician Ilya Yashin

Moscow police on Monday reportedly detained one of the few politicians openly opposing the Kremlin’s war in Ukraine who remains in Russia.
A journalist friend said Ilya Yashin, a municipal deputy, was taken into custody while they walked in a Moscow park. The journalist, Irina Babloyan, told the Tass news agency he was taken to a detention facility in the Russian capital’s Luzhniki neighborhood.

Moscow police detain opposition politician Ilya Yashin
Moscow police detain opposition politician Ilya Yashin