Yevgeny Roïzman has been under house arrest since the end of August. He is the last known opponent to have remained on Russian soil to be tried.
The former mayor of Yekaterinburg must also be tried for "discrediting" the army. He had shouted from his balcony all the evil he thought of what he refuses to call "a special operation in Ukraine" His trial opens on Wednesday, April 26, and he could face many years behind bars.