The Moscow City Court sentenced Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny to 19 years in a maximum security prison on extremism charges, a Sputnik correspondent reported on Friday
MELEKHOVO (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 04th August, 2023) The Moscow City Court sentenced Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny to 19 years in a maximum security prison on extremism charges, a Sputnik correspondent reported on Friday.
The court considered Navalny's new case at a mobile court session in colony No. 6 in Russia's Vladimir Region behind closed doors due to security reasons concerning the participants in the process. Navalny was found guilty of establishing an extremist community, financing extremist activities and a number of other crimes. The prosecutor demanded that he be sentenced to 20 years in a maximum security prison.
