Ilya Yashin
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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