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Ilya Remeslo arrested, Boris Nadezhdin detained as Kremlin steps up crackdown
NBC News • • world
Key Points:
- Former loyalist blogger Ilya Remeslo, who became a vocal critic of Vladimir Putin, was detained in St. Petersburg and charged with spreading false information about the armed forces, a charge commonly used against war opponents in Russia.
- Remeslo, known for his viral manifesto condemning Putin as a "war criminal and thief," faces up to 10 years in prison and will be brought to Moscow for a pretrial hearing.
- On the same day, opposition politician Boris Nadezhdin, barred from running in the 2024 presidential election and labeled a foreign agent, was fined for allegedly displaying extremist symbols but was released from custody.
- Nadezhdin accused the trial of being an attempt to silence him and prevent his parliamentary candidacy, highlighting the Kremlin's efforts to suppress dissent amid growing public discontent over the war in Ukraine.
- Nadezhdin also revealed he is prohibited from leaving Russia despite considering emigration for his family's safety, a fate common among Kremlin opponents.
