Ilya Yashin
Ilya Valeryevich Yashin is a Russian opposition politician who led the People's Freedom Party (PARNAS) from 2012 to 2016, and then its Moscow branch. He was also head of the Moscow municipal district of Krasnoselsky and former chairman of the Council of Deputies of the Krasnoselsky district from 2017 to 2021.
Some of the key events about Ilya Yashin
- 2005Joined the youth movement "Oborona" and became one of its leaders
- 2008Elected to the federal political council of the "Solidarnost" movement
- 2011Co-founded the "People's Freedom Party"
- 2011Participated in unauthorized protests against alleged electoral fraud in Russia's parliamentary elections
- 2012Elected to the Coordination Council of the Russian Opposition
- 2012Organized and participated in numerous anti-government protests in Moscow
- 2012Arrested multiple times during demonstrations against Vladimir Putin's return to presidency
- 2013Ran for mayor of Moscow, finishing second with 27.24% of the vote
- 2013Accused of organizing "mass riots" during protests on Bolotnaya Square in Moscow
- 2014Elected as a municipal deputy in Moscow's Krasnoselsky district
- 2014Placed under house arrest for allegedly violating terms of a suspended sentence
- 2015Temporarily detained for participating in an unsanctioned rally in Moscow
- 2017Released a report on alleged corruption in Chechnya
- 2017Arrested and sentenced to 15 days in jail for organizing an unauthorized protest
- 2019Detained for participating in a rally demanding fair elections in Moscow
- 2020Launched the "Free Russia" project to support political prisoners
- 2020Arrested and fined for violating self-isolation rules during the COVID-19 pandemic
- 2021Arrested and sentenced to 15 days in jail for "disobeying police orders" during a protest
- 2022Continued to speak out against the Russian invasion of Ukraine despite being under house arrest
- 2022Sentenced to 8.5 years in prison on charges of spreading "false information" about the Russian military
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