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Russian opposition activist Ilya Yashin gestures, smiling, as he stands in a defendant's cubicle prior to his original sentencing in December 2022.

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Video. Ilya Yashin loses court appeal against eight-and-a-half year sentence

Updated: 19/04/2023 - 16:28 GMT+2

A critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin and the war in Ukraine is to remain behind bars after losing an appeal against an eight-and-a-half-year sentence handed down in December 2022.

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