Overview
- The request was delivered during closing arguments, with Yashin’s lawyer saying the verdict is scheduled for December 9.
- Yashin is charged under Part 2 of Article 330.1 of the Russian Criminal Code, which carries a maximum penalty of two years in prison.
- A Roskomnadzor official testified that protocols targeting Yashin were drawn up even when he was already in pretrial detention and then serving his sentence in a Smolensk region colony.
- Police placed Yashin on a wanted list in December 2024 and again in October 2025, and searches and questioning of relatives followed the initial listing.
- Yashin was convicted in 2022 of spreading false information about the army, freed in an August 2024 prisoner swap the Kremlin said included pardons, and later faced an additional case alleging participation in an extremist organization.