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Ex-prisoner Ilya Yashin elected chair, alleges Navalny poisoning

8/8/2026

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Ilya Yashin, a Moscow councillor freed in a prisoner exchange, was elected chairman of Peaceful Russia.
He described his solitary cell as a two-metre humid basement with a locked bed and writing time.
Yashin claimed Alexei Navalny was fatally poisoned in an Arctic penal colony in February 2024.
At the summer launch, Yashin won the chairmanship, prompting delegate Maxim Reznik to warn Yashin could become a “mini-Putin” if self-centered.

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Story summary

Ilya Yashin, a Moscow councillor freed in a prisoner exchange, was elected chairman of Peaceful Russia.
He described his solitary cell as a two-metre humid basement with a locked bed and writing time.
Yashin claimed Alexei Navalny was fatally poisoned in an Arctic penal colony in February 2024.
At the summer launch, Yashin won the chairmanship, prompting delegate Maxim Reznik to warn Yashin could become a “mini-Putin” if self-centered.