Russia: Authorities continue to crackdown on dissent with harsh prison sentence for opposition politician Maksim Kruglov

Amnesty International · June 25, 2026 Human Rights

Reacting to news that Maksim Kruglov, deputy chair of the Russian opposition Yabloko party and former Moscow City Duma deputy, has been sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment for social media posts about civilian casualties in Bucha, Mariupol and elsewhere in Ukraine, Marie Struthers, Amnesty International’s Eastern Europe and Central Asia Director, said: “Maksim Kruglov has […] The post Russia: Authorities continue to crackdown on dissent with harsh prison sentence for opposition politician Maksim Kruglov appeared first on Amnesty International .

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