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Russian opposition politician Ilya Yashin, right on stage, attends an event with supporters at the Mauerpark in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Russian opposition politician Ilya Yashin, right on stage, attends an event with supporters at the Mauerpark in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

FILE - Russian opposition activist Ilya Yashin speaks to the media in front of a poster depicting Russian President Vladimir Putin. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, File)

FILE - Russian opposition activist Ilya Yashin speaks to the media in front of a poster depicting Russian President Vladimir Putin. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, File)

FILE - Russian police detain opposition leader Ilya Yashin, center, after an unsanctioned protest in Moscow on March 5, 2012. (AP Photo, File)

FILE - Russian police detain opposition leader Ilya Yashin, center, after an unsanctioned protest in Moscow on March 5, 2012. (AP Photo, File)

Russian opposition politician Ilya Yashin poses for a portrait prior to an interview with The Associated Press in Berlin, Germany, on Friday, Aug. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Russian opposition politician Ilya Yashin poses for a portrait prior to an interview with The Associated Press in Berlin, Germany, on Friday, Aug. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Russian opposition politician Ilya Yashin waves to the audience as he attends an event with supporters at the Mauerpark in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Russian opposition politician Ilya Yashin waves to the audience as he attends an event with supporters at the Mauerpark in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

FILE - Freed Russian prisoners Ilya Yashin, Andrei Pivovarov and Vladimir Kara-Murza, from left, enter a news conference in Bonn, Germany, on Aug. 2, 2024, a day after they were released as part of an East-West prisoner swap. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File)

FILE - Freed Russian prisoners Ilya Yashin, Andrei Pivovarov and Vladimir Kara-Murza, from left, enter a news conference in Bonn, Germany, on Aug. 2, 2024, a day after they were released as part of an East-West prisoner swap. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File)

Russian opposition politician Ilya Yashin speaks during an event with supporters at the Mauerpark in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024, after being freed in a prisoner swap. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Russian opposition politician Ilya Yashin speaks during an event with supporters at the Mauerpark in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024, after being freed in a prisoner swap. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

FILE - Russian opposition activist Ilya Yashin stands in a defendants’ cage at a hearing on his detention at a court in Moscow, Russia, on Sept. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Dmitry Serebryakov, File)

FILE - Russian opposition activist Ilya Yashin stands in a defendants’ cage at a hearing on his detention at a court in Moscow, Russia, on Sept. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Dmitry Serebryakov, File)

FILE - Russian opposition activist Ilya Yashin gestures while smiling, as he stands in a defendants’ cage in prior to a hearing in Moscow, Russia, on Dec. 9, 2022. (Yury Kochetkov/Pool via AP, Pool, File)

FILE - Russian opposition activist Ilya Yashin gestures while smiling, as he stands in a defendants’ cage in prior to a hearing in Moscow, Russia, on Dec. 9, 2022. (Yury Kochetkov/Pool via AP, Pool, File)

FILE - Russian opposition activist Ilya Yashin, center, gestures while speaking to a crowd next to an image of Soviet founder Vladimir Lenin, left, during a protest in Moscow, Russia, on July 14, 2019. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, File)

FILE - Russian opposition activist Ilya Yashin, center, gestures while speaking to a crowd next to an image of Soviet founder Vladimir Lenin, left, during a protest in Moscow, Russia, on July 14, 2019. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, File)

Russian opposition politician Ilya Yashin, right on stage, attends an event with supporters at the Mauerpark in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Russian opposition politician Ilya Yashin, right on stage, attends an event with supporters at the Mauerpark in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

FILE - Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny, left, and opposition candidate Ilya Yashin, center, talk as police block an entrance to the office of the Open Russia organization, founded by Russian businessman and former political prisoner Mikhail Khodorkovsky, in Kostroma, Russia, on Sept. 13, 2015. (AP Photo/ Pavel Golovkin, File)

FILE - Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny, left, and opposition candidate Ilya Yashin, center, talk as police block an entrance to the office of the Open Russia organization, founded by Russian businessman and former political prisoner Mikhail Khodorkovsky, in Kostroma, Russia, on Sept. 13, 2015. (AP Photo/ Pavel Golovkin, File)

Russian opposition politician Ilya Yashin speaks during an event with supporters at the Mauerpark in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Russian opposition politician Ilya Yashin speaks during an event with supporters at the Mauerpark in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Russian opposition politician Ilya Yashin poses for a portrait prior to an interview with The Associated Press in Berlin, Germany, on Friday, Aug. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Russian opposition politician Ilya Yashin poses for a portrait prior to an interview with The Associated Press in Berlin, Germany, on Friday, Aug. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

FILE - Police officers detain a protester, with opposition leader Ilya Yashin, foreground second left, in Moscow, Russia, on May 17, 2012. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev, File)

FILE - Police officers detain a protester, with opposition leader Ilya Yashin, foreground second left, in Moscow, Russia, on May 17, 2012. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev, File)

Elsa holds her 6-year old daughter Alice as she listens with other people listen to Russian opposition politician Ilya Yashin during an event with supporters at the Mauerpark in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Elsa holds her 6-year old daughter Alice as she listens with other people listen to Russian opposition politician Ilya Yashin during an event with supporters at the Mauerpark in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)