Ilya Yashin
Ilya Valeryevich Yashin (Russian: Илья́ Вале́рьевич Я́шин; born 29 June 1983) is a Russian opposition politician who led the People's Freedom Party (PARNAS) from 2012 to 2016, and then its Moscow branch. He was also head of the Moscow municipal district of Krasnoselsky and former chairman of the Council of Deputies of the Krasnoselsky district from 2017 to 2021.
Ilya Yashin | |
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Илья Яшин | |
Yashin in 2021 | |
| Chairman of the Council of Deputies of Krasnoselsky district | |
| In office 7 October 2017 – 27 July 2021 | |
| Member of the Council of Deputies of Krasnoselsky district | |
| Assumed office 7 October 2017 | |
| Leader of PARNAS | |
| In office 2012–2016 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 29 June 1983 Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Russia) |
| Citizenship | Russia |
| Political party | Yabloko (2000—2008) PARNAS (2010–2016) Independent (2008–2010, since 2016) |
| Other political affiliations | Solidarnost (since 2008) |
| Residence | Moscow |
| Alma mater | International Independent Ecological-Politological University, graduate school of the National Research University – Higher School of Economics |
| Signature | |
| Website | Yashin's mayoral campaign |
Yashin co-founded the civic youth movement Oborona in 2005 and later the political movement Solidarnost in 2008, of which he is still one of the leaders. He was an active participant in the Dissenters' March and the 2011–2013 Russian protests. In 2012, he was elected to the Russian Opposition Coordination Council. Amidst an increase in government crackdowns on the opposition following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, some considered Yashin to have had the largest platform of any opposition politician that had not either left the country, been imprisoned, or been killed. In June 2022, he was arrested, and later accused under the new war censorship laws of disseminating fake news about the Armed Forces. In December 2022, he was sentenced to 8+1⁄2 years in prison.