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Ilya Yashin made his comment during a livestream on Aug. 4, days after his release in a historic prisoner exchange.

Yashin was one of 24 detainees swapped by Russia and Western nations on Aug. 1, the largest such exchange in almost 15 years. The activist had spoken out against Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine and was jailed in 2022 for "discrediting" the Russian military.

"The criminal war of aggression against Ukraine should be stopped immediately," Yashin said.

"Russia must withdraw absolutely all troops from the territory of Ukraine."

"The main task of the Western world today, as it semes to me, is to save Ukraine from (Russian President Vladimir) Putin," he said.

In response to an official who asked Yashin what Western countries can do to help activists in Russia, Yashin reiterated this point.

"If you want to help the Russian opposition and Russian society and Russia as a whole, save Ukraine from Putin," he said.

Yashin's rhetoric positions Putin as Ukraine's primary enemy. A former politician who served in the Moscow City Council from 2017-2021, Yashin identifies as a Russian patriot and argues that is antiwar stance is not in conflict with his patriotism.

"Yes, indeed, it is possible to be against Putin and the war but at the same time be a Russian patriot," he said, insisting that the "natural" [Russian] patriotic position is to demand Russia's withdrawal form Ukrainian territory.

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