Jailed Kremlin critic: Government has ‘failed to shut me up’


              Russian opposition activist and municipal deputy of the Krasnoselsky district Ilya Yashin, top, steps down from a police truck to attend a hearing on his detention, at the Basmanny district court in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Sept. 9, 2022. Yashin, 39, is one of the few prominent opposition figures that refused to leave Russia despite the unprecedented pressure the authorities have mounted on dissent in recent years. (AP Photo/Dmitry Serebryakov)
            
              Russian opposition activist and municipal deputy of the Krasnoselsky district Ilya Yashin gestures standing in a cage during a hearing on his detention, at the Basmanny district court in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Sept. 9, 2022. Yashin, 39, is one of the few prominent opposition figures that refused to leave Russia despite the unprecedented pressure the authorities have mounted on dissent in recent years. (AP Photo/Dmitry Serebryakov)
            
              Russian opposition activist and municipal deputy of the Krasnoselsky district Ilya Yashin, center, is escorted to a court room prior to a hearing on his detention at the Basmanny district court in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Sept. 9, 2022. Yashin, 39, is one of the few prominent opposition figures that refused to leave Russia despite the unprecedented pressure the authorities have mounted on dissent in recent years. (AP Photo/Dmitry Serebryakov)
            
              Russian opposition activist and municipal deputy of the Krasnoselsky district Ilya Yashin stands behind bars in a cage during a hearing on his detention, at the Basmanny district court in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Sept. 9, 2022. Yashin, 39, is one of the few prominent opposition figures that refused to leave Russia despite the unprecedented pressure the authorities have mounted on dissent in recent years. (AP Photo/Dmitry Serebryakov)
            
              FILE - Ilya Yashin, Russian opposition activist and a municipal deputy of the Krasnoselsky district of Moscow, center, listens to the court's decision in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, June 29, 2022. Yashin, 39, is one of the few prominent opposition figures that refused to leave Russia despite the unprecedented pressure the authorities have mounted on dissent in recent years. A sharp critic of the Kremlin, a vocal ally of imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny and an uncompromising member of a Moscow municipal council, Yashin was arrested in June. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)
            
              FILE - Ilya Yashin, Russian opposition activist and a municipal deputy of the Krasnoselsky district of Moscow, speaks to his mother prior to a court session Moscow, Russia, on June 28, 2022. Yashin, 39, is one of the few prominent opposition figures that refused to leave Russia despite the unprecedented pressure the authorities have mounted on dissent in recent years. A sharp critic of the Kremlin, a vocal ally of imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny and an uncompromising member of a Moscow municipal council, Yashin was arrested in June. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)
            
              FILE Russian opposition activist and a municipal deputy of the Krasnoselsky district Ilya Yashin is escorted inside the Basmanny district court prior to a hearing on his detention in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, July 13, 2022. Prominent Russian opposition politician Ilya Yashin may be in jail, but he refuses to be silenced. His social media accounts are regularly updated with anecdotes about his life in detention or video commentary criticizing President Vladimir Putin's rule. (AP Photo/Dmitry Serebryakov, File)
            
              FILE - Russian police officers detain opposition leader Ilya Yashin, center, outside a court room in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Feb. 24, 2014. Yashin, 39, is one of the few prominent opposition figures that refused to leave Russia despite the unprecedented pressure the authorities have mounted on dissent in recent years. A sharp critic of the Kremlin, a vocal ally of imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny and an uncompromising member of a Moscow municipal council, Yashin was arrested in June.(AP Photo/Denis Tyrin, File)
            
              FILE - Ilya Yashin, Russian opposition activist and a municipal deputy of the Krasnoselsky district of Moscow, attends a session in a courtroom in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, May 25, 2022. Prominent Russian opposition politician Ilya Yashin may be in jail, but he refuses to be silenced. His social media accounts are regularly updated with anecdotes about his life in detention or video commentary criticizing President Vladimir Putin's rule. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)
            
              FILE - Russian opposition candidate and activist Ilya Yashin, center, gestures while speaking to a crowd next to a bas-relief of the Soviet founder Vladimir Lenin, left, during a protest in Moscow, Russia, on July 14, 2019. Yashin, 39, is one of the few prominent opposition figures that refused to leave Russia despite the unprecedented pressure the authorities have mounted on dissent in recent years. A sharp critic of the Kremlin, a vocal ally of imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny and an uncompromising member of a Moscow municipal council, Yashin was arrested in June. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, File)
            
              FILE - In this July 14, 2019, file photo, Russian opposition activist Lyubov Sobol, center left, opposition candidate Ilya Yashin, center right, candidate Ivan Zhdanov, right, and opposition candidate Alexei Minyalo walk during a protest in Moscow, Russia. Yashin, 39, is one of the few prominent opposition figures that refused to leave Russia despite the unprecedented pressure the authorities have mounted on dissent in recent years. A sharp critic of the Kremlin, a vocal ally of imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny and an uncompromising member of a Moscow municipal council, Yashin was arrested in June. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, File)
            
              FILE - Russian opposition activist and a municipal deputy of the Krasnoselsky district Ilya Yashin stands in a cage at a court room during a hearing on his detention the Basmanny district court in Moscow, July 13, 2022. Yashin, 39, is one of the few prominent opposition figures that refused to leave Russia despite the unprecedented pressure the authorities have mounted on dissent in recent years. A sharp critic of the Kremlin, a vocal ally of imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny and an uncompromising member of a Moscow municipal council, Yashin was arrested in June. (AP Photo/Dmitry Serebryakov, File)
            
              Russian opposition activist and municipal deputy of the Krasnoselsky district Ilya Yashin looks through bars standing in a cage during a hearing on his detention, at the Basmanny district court in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Sept. 9, 2022. Yashin, 39, is one of the few prominent opposition figures that refused to leave Russia despite the unprecedented pressure the authorities have mounted on dissent in recent years. (AP Photo/Dmitry Serebryakov)
            
              Russian opposition activist and municipal deputy of the Krasnoselsky district Ilya Yashin stands behind bars in a cage during a hearing on his detention, at the Basmanny district court in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Sept. 9, 2022. Yashin, 39, is one of the few prominent opposition figures that refused to leave Russia despite the unprecedented pressure the authorities have mounted on dissent in recent years. (AP Photo/Dmitry Serebryakov)
Jailed Kremlin critic: Government has ‘failed to shut me up’