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Russian opposition leader ilya yashin putin bears political responsibility for nemtsov s death
Ilya Valeryevich Yashin (Russian: Илья́ Вале́рьевич Я́шин, born June 29, 1983 in Moscow) is a Russian activist and liberal politician, one of the key leaders of the political party RPR-PARNAS (2012–2016), co-founder and one of the leaders of the political movement Solidarnost. He is also the leader of the Moscow branch of the RPR-PARNAS, in which Solidarnost participates. In 2005 he was one of the founders of the civic youth movement Oborona. He was an active participant in Dissenters' Marches and the rallies "For Fair Elections". In 2012 he was elected to the Russian Opposition Coordination Council. He was a candidate for deputies in the Krasnoselsky district in the municipal elections of 2017.
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Until 2008 he was the leader of the Yabloko party's youth wing, organizing mass protests and speaking to the media about their causes. However, when he became an active member of Solidarnost, Yabloko expelled him for "causing political damage".
Yashin is known for making passionate speeches at opposition rallies. He is an active participant in the Strategy-31 campaign for freedom of assembly. In 2005, he spoke against the Nashi movement, which supports President Vladimir Putin.
On December 31, 2010 Yashin was arrested for demonstrating in Moscow at another rally for Strategy-31. He was taken to a police station and detained for fifteen days. He claims evidence was then fabricated against him by the police. Amnesty International declared him a prisoner of conscience, along with Boris Nemtsov and Konstantin Kosiakin.
Following the alleged kidnapping and torture of opposition activist Leonid Razvozzhayev, from Kiev, Ukraine, Yashin was arrested on October 27, 2012 along with Sergei Udaltsov and Alexei Navalny while attempting to join a Moscow protest on Razvozzhayev's behalf. The three were charged with violating public order, for which they could be fined up to 30,000 rubles (US$1,000) or given 50 hours of community service.
On February 23, 2016 Yashin, despite harassment by police and hecklers, presented a report criticizing Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, labeling him a danger to Russian national security and called for his resignation. The report highlighted Kadyrov's encouragement of violence against opposition activists and federal law enforcement officials, his luxurious lifestyle and corruption, and the building of a personal army.