By Rosalba Castelletti (
La Repubblica
), from Moscow
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In 39 years, the Russian opponent Ilia Yachine could have left Russia many times.
All the times the police force dispersed one of his protests.
All the times he was released to land back in the cell.
All the times the authorities unfairly rejected his candidacy.
Or when hired killers without a sponsor assassinated his mentor Boris Nemtsov in the shadow of the Kremlin.
But he stayed and took up the torch.
Yashin chose to stay even when, on March 4, just days before the start of the Russian offensive against Kyiv, authorities approved the now infamous "
Fake News Law
", which punishes with a sentence of up to up to 15 years imprisonment for anyone who “
discredits
” or publishes “
false information
” about the armed forces.
Thousands of Russians have left the country, and even the last remnants of the opposition...
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