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MOSCOW AP 鈥?A prominent Russian opposition figure was on Friday sentenced to 8 1/2 years in prison after being convicted on charges stemming from his criticism of the Kremlins action in Ukraine.The sentence handed to Ilya Yashin, one of the few Kremlin critics to have stayed i stanley cup n Russia, offered the latest indication of an intensified crackdown on dissent by Russian authorities. International human rights groups have denounced it as a mockery of justice and called for Yashin immediate release. With that hysterical sentence, the authorities stanley cup want to scare us all but it effectively shows their weakness, Yashin said in a statement through his lawyers after the judge passed the sentence. Only the weak want to shut everyone mouth and eradic stanley cup ate any dissent. Yashin was charged with spreading false information about the military 鈥?a new offense added to the countrys criminal law after Russian President Vladimir Putin sent troops into Ukraine.Speaking Monday just before sentencing, Yashin addressed Putin directly, urging him to immediately stop this madness, recognize that the policy on Ukraine was wrong, pull back troops from its territory and switch to a diplomatic settlement of the conflict. READ MORE: NATO chief fears Ukraine war could broaden into wider conflictAsked about the verdict at a briefing, Putin said he wouldn ;t question a court verdict, adding that Yashin lawyers could appeal it.The charges against Yashin related to a YouTube livestream Ltcx WATCH: Family, friends celebrate McCain s life at memorial service in Arizona
MANILA, Philippines AP 鈥?China warned on Wednesday that a deepening security alliance between the United States and the Philippines should not harm its security and territorial interests and interfere in long-simmering territorial dispute adidas originals s in the South China Sea.When asked to comment on the combat exercises between American and Filipino forces that started on Tuesday in the Philippines, the Chinese Embassy in Manila on Wednesday issued a statement by Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin, who said that such drills should not target any third party and should be conducive to regional peace and stability.Wang did not say how China would respond if it concludes that the U.S.-Philippine security cooperation was hurting Beijings core interests.In Washington, the U.S. and Philippine defense and foreign secretaries met on Tuesday to discuss the development of nine Philippine military camps, where American forces have been allowed to stay indefinitely under the 2014 Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement. These sites will support combined training exercises and interoperability between our forces to ensure that were even bett stanley cup er prepared for future crises, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said. He added the U.S. was allocating more than $100 million to build infrastructure at the sites, where Americans wou stanley cup ld be stationed.WATCH: U.S. boosts military presence in Philippines to counteract Chinas increasing aggressionChina has strongly opposed that agreement, which wo