Russian officials seized Yevgeny Roizman, a lawmaker renowned for his criticism of the Kremlin and, more recently, of the military assault in Ukraine, according to Russia’s TASS news agency on Wednesday.
Roizman, a former Yekaterinburg mayor, is being probed for “discrediting the Russian army,” according to TASS, citing Yekaterinburg security services.
Roizman was one of a handful of Kremlin dissidents who were elected mayors in 2012 after a series of large opposition demonstrations during President Vladimir Putin’s campaign.
Russia describes its operations in Ukraine as a ‘special military operation’ to ensure its own security, and officials have imprisoned a number of activists for referring to the conflict as a war or criticising Russia’s actions.
Ukrainian soldiers have put up a strong fight, and the West has slapped harsh sanctions on Russia in an attempt to convince it to remove its men.
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