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Russian Opposition Politician Lev Shlosberg Arrested
- A Pskov court placed Russian opposition politician Lev Shlosberg under two months of house arrest on June 10, 2025, for criminal charges related to discrediting the Russian army.
- The charges stem from a January video debate where Shlosberg called for a swift ceasefire in Ukraine and criticized the war as a 'bloody chess' game, prompting state accusations.
- Police searched Shlosberg's apartment, his wife's home, his 96-year-old father's residence, and the local Yabloko party office, seizing electronic devices during his detention overnight.
- Lev Shlosberg, aged 61, is charged with repeatedly discrediting the Russian military, a crime that could result in a prison sentence of up to five years. Additionally, he is being prosecuted under Russia’s 'foreign agent' law, introduced after the 2022 invasion of Ukraine, which carries separate penalties.
- This arrest reflects Russia's intensified crackdown on dissent amid its ongoing military campaign in Ukraine, targeting one of the last prominent opposition figures still inside the country.
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Until then, Lew Schlosberg was the loudest opposition politician still in Russia. He did not shy away from controversy and refused to leave the country. Now he is threatened with camp detention.
As early as 2014, the opposition official revealed that Russian soldiers were fighting and dying in Ukraine. Since then, he has been the target of the powerful. On Wednesday, a judge ordered house arrest "for discrediting the army."
Russia puts Lev Shlosberg, one of the few opposition politicians left in the country, under house arrest for ‘discrediting’ military
A court in the Russian city of Pskov has placed politician Lev Shlosberg under house arrest for two months in connection with criminal charges of repeatedly “discrediting” the Russian army, according to the outlet Sotavision.
Critical voices are getting less and less in Russia. Now, Lew Schlosberg, one of the last open war opponents at large, has been arrested. Even among oppositionists, he is not undisputed.[more]]>
The Russian opponent, who spent two years in prison for opposing the war in Ukraine, now lives in Berlin and tries to unite the opposition in exile.
Russian court orders house arrest of politician it says discredited the Russian army
MOSCOW - A court in Pskov said on Wednesday it had ruled that opposition politician Lev Shlosberg be placed under house arrest for two months and face unspecified restrictions on his activities at the request of state prosecutors. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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