Pskov City Court Sentenced Politician Lev Shlosberg to 11 Years and One Month in a Penal Colony ...

Pskov City Court sentenced politician Lev Shlosberg to 11 years and one month in a penal colony on charges of repeated “discrediting” of the Russian army (Part 1 of Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code) and wartime “fakes” (Paragraph “d” of Part 2 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code). The reason for the criminal prosecution was the politician’s anti-war stance. Here is the dialogue that took place between Lev Shlosberg and Judge Viktoriya Malyamova after the verdict was announced.