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A Moscow court on Wednesdaysentenced exiled former lawmaker Ilya Ponomaryov to 10 years in prison in absentia for “justifying terrorism” and spreading “fakes” about the Russian military. Ponomaryov, who serves as a member of a Russian shadow parliament based in Poland, was accused of violating Russia’s wartime censorship laws in a March 2022 videointerview in which he “reported knowingly false information” out of “political hatred.” In a statement, Prosecutors did not provide details about the “justifying terrorism” charges pressed against Ponomaryov. However, the independent Medizona news out…

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