Lev Markovich Shlosberg (; born 30 July 1963) is a Russian opposition politician, human-rights activist, journalist, historian, Meduza political prisoner according to Memorial society, former chairman of the Pskov Oblast branch of Yabloko, and a member of the Yabloko Party's federal political committee.Руководящие органы Псковского регионального отделенияШлосберг о законе Димы Яковлева: нам предложили подписаться под подлостью
Background Shlosberg is of Ashkenazi Jewish descent.
Career He joined Yabloko in 1994, becoming head of the Pskov branch of the party in 1996. From 2011 to 2015 he was a member of the Pskov Oblast Assembly of Deputies. He is irreligious.
In August 2014, the newspaper «Pskovskaya guberniya», of which Shlosberg was the director, published information about the funerals of several soldiers serving in the 76th Guards Air Assault Division, who had reportedly died in the war in Donbas. Later that month, Shlosberg was assaulted, resulting in injuries to the head and a partial loss of memory. Yabloko party leader Sergey Mitrokhin wrote that the attack was probably linked to Shlosberg's investigation on these unexplained deaths.BBC Русская служба
In 2015, Shlosberg was deprived of authority by a court and by vote of fellow deputies. Shlosberg claims this was politically motivated.Льва Шлосберга исключили из псковского парламента That year, he ran for the post of chairman of the democratic party Yabloko. He was defeated by Emilia Slabunova in the second round.Yabloko.ru
On 4 July 2016 he announced he was running for Parliament, in that year's State Duma Election, but lost the election in his constituency, coming in fifth with around 6% of the vote. Nonetheless, that same election, Yabloko won one seat in the Pskov Oblast Assembly of Deputies, and Shlosberg returned to the legislature.
In 2021, Shlosberg decided to run in the 2021 State Duma Elections, again as a candidate of Yabloko. However this time he is running in the Khovrino constituency in Moscow, instead of his home district of Pskov.Кандидаты «Яблока» на выборах в Госдуму VIII созыва. Одномандатные округа
He also ran in the simultaneous Pskov Oblast Assembly elections. On 3 August 2021 his registration as a candidate was declined, due to alleged links with banned Anti-Corruption Foundation. However, on the next day he was registered, due to the fact that the court decision to ban Anti-Corruption Foundation was not yet final. Regarding State Duma elections, however, on 9 August 2021 Moscow city court annulled his registration as a candidate, also due to alleged links with Anti-Corruption Foundation. Then he was also excluded from the federal Yabloko party list.ЦИК исключил Льва Шлосберга из списка "Яблока" на выборы в Госдуму
In April 2022, following the increased repression after the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russian police filed charges against him and his wife for having "discredited" the Russian military.
In January 2025, Shlosberg was charged under the Russian foreign agent law and prohibited from leaving Pskov Oblast. As of March 2025 Shlosberg has been indicted and trial is upcoming.
On 10 June 2025 he was indicted on the "discreditation of the Russian military charges" (part 1 of the Article 280.3 of the Russian Criminal Code) and was placed under house arrest.
On 3 December 2025 he was indicted for the third time under different war censorship statute - "spreading false information about the Russian army (part 2 of the Article 207.3 of the Russian Criminal Code) - for a Telegram post made in February 2022 (even though the actual war censorship laws were signed into law in March of that year). On 14 August 2026 the prosecution asked for a sentence of 12 years and 1 month on charges of "discrediting" the Russian military and spreading "fake news" about it. Three days later he was sentenced to 11 years and 1 month in prison by the Pskov City Court.
Electoral history +2011 Elections to the Pskov Oblast Assembly of DeputiesRegional LeaderPartySeats WonVotes%Yelena BibikovaUnited Russia26113,55937.41%Anatoly KoposovCPRF975,19224.77%Mikhail BryachakA Just Russia445,59615.02%Vladimir ZhirinovskyThough not from Pskov, Zhirinovsky is the leader of the Pskov chapter of LDPR.LDPR343,00314.17%Lev ShlosbergYabloko120,3876.72% +2016 Elections to the Pskov Oblast Assembly of DeputiesRegional LeaderPartySeats WonVotes%Andrey TurchakUnited Russia33101,18944,14%Aleksandr RogovCPRF545,98120,06%Vladimir ZhirinovskyLDPR334,05314,85%Oleg BryachakA Just Russia220,4908,94%Lev ShlosbergYabloko113,9646.09%
+2016 State Duma Election (Pskov Constituency)CandidatePartyVotes%Aleksandr KozlovskyUnited Russia94,37240.88%Aleksandr RogovCPRF33,47214.5%Oleg BryachakA Just Russia28,81912.48%Anton MinakovLDPR21,4639.3%Lev ShlosbergYabloko13,6695.92%Vyacheslav EvdokimenkoCR11,7015.07%Mikhail KhoronenPatriots6,4152.78%Konstantin VilkovRodina3,6361.57%Anna GalkinaCivic Platform2,8861.25%Vasiliy KrasnovParty of Growth2,8051.22%Remm MalishkovGreens2,0150.87%Buisultan KhamzaevGS1,2220.53%Invalid Votes8,3783.63%
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