# Russian court jails anti-war politician Shlosberg for 11 years

https://mins.news/en/video/25182

- TRT World, 2026-08-18 13:26 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_Gg6CQyT38

> Prominent Russian anti-war politician Lev Shlosberg has been sentenced to 11 years in a penal colony for allegedly discrediting the country’s armed forces. Shlosberg is deputy head of opposition party Yabloko, which was recently barred from contesting September’s parliamentary elections.

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