A Russian court on Monday found a leading opposition politician guilty of publicly criticizing the war in Ukraine and sentenced him to 11 years and one month in prison, as authorities intensified pressure ahead of next month’s parliamentary election. The conviction of Lev Shlosberg, a senior figure in the Yabloko party, represented another Kremlin effort to suppress dissent following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Yabloko is the only officially registered political party that