A Russian court finds jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny guilty of large-scale fraud and sentences him to nine years in a maximum-security prison.
Last month, Russian officials added Navalny and a number of his associates to a state registry of extremists and terrorists. I will not renounce my words or deeds," he wrote on Instagram. A Russian court has found jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny guilty of large-scale fraud and sentenced him to nine years in a maximum-security prison, with police detaining both of his lawyers immediately after the hearing.
Amnesty International has said the world should “not overlook” the jail term handed to Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny and called the case against him ...
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EU foreign policy chief decries extra nine years handed to Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny as 'politically motivated'.
“I am urging everyone to take to the streets and fight for peace,” he said in statements posted on Facebook and Twitter on March 2, urging people not to be afraid of going to prison. “I am convinced that such a natural and necessary self-purification of society will only strengthen our country.” “We reiterate our call on the Russian authorities for his immediate and unconditional release.” Navalny, who will appeal the ruling, has rejected the allegations as politically motivated. “If, to prevent war, we need to fill up the jails and police vans, we will fill up the jails and police vans.” Navalny is already serving two-and-a-half years in a penal colony east of Moscow for a parole violation.
Responding to the news that Russian opposition leader and prisoner of conscience Aleksei Navalny has been sentenced to 9 years in prison for his overt ...
“Navalny faces nine years in prison for calling out the Russian elite for corruption and abuse of power. Aleksei Navalny faces further reprisals from the Russian state. Against the backdrop of the Russian authorities’ blatant disregard for international, European and its own laws, many more may face similar injustice.
The Russian opposition leader will now be moved to a maximum-security penal colony on charges of fraud and contempt of court.
The country's leading opposition figure was sentenced to nine more years on charges of fraud and contempt of court, in a case his supporters say was brought ...
The fresh sentence comes as Russian authorities seek to put down any dissent against Mr. Putin’s war against Ukraine, which has stalled in the face of stiff Ukrainian resistance. Russian authorities have detained more than 15,000 people in antiwar rallies since the invasion began on Feb. 24, according to OVD-Info, an independent organization which monitors detentions at protests. They also passed a law earlier this month that imposes a penalty of up to 15 years in prison on anyone who criticizes the Russian army or refers to its offensive as an invasion or a war.
Russia's jailed opposition leader's team has urged Italy to seize a £500m superyacht reportedly owned by Vladimir Putin. Alexei Navalny's anti-corruption ...
“A dozen of Putin’s personal guards and servants are constantly maintaining one of the world’s largest yachts, docked in an Italian port. The Telegraph reported that Maria Pevchikh, who works for the opposition leader’s anti-corruption organisation, insisted Putin “Putin never keeps assets under his own name”. Dubbed the world’s most expensive yacht, its owner has not yet been identified but Navalny’s supporters have urged Italy to take the 460m boat, in response to the Kremlin’s war in Ukraine.
A Russian court convicted jailed opposition leader Alexey Navalny on new fraud charges in a ruling that may keep him in a maximum security prison for 13 ...
Putin has been in power since 2000, the longest rule since Soviet dictator Josef Stalin, and has become increasingly intolerant of dissent. The invasion of Ukraine will result in “our country’s collapse and disintegration,” he said. Navalny, 45, has been in detention since January 2021, when he returned to Russia after recovering abroad from a near-fatal attack involving a nerve-agent that he and Western governments blamed on Putin’s secret services.
Jailed Russian opposition leader pleaded not guilty to new charges that he says were politically motivated.
Navalny blamed Putin for the attack. She confirmed he had pleaded not guilty to the fraud charges. The 45-year-old seemed unfazed as he flipped through court documents.
Dissident's trial was overseen by a judge who received numerous calls from Putin's PR chief before getting promoted.
Any opposition to these war criminals." President Joe Biden last year said he warned Putin there would be "devastating" consequences if Navalny dies in prison. Thousands of protesters have been arrested for opposing the invasion. A proper leader in waiting." "Remember this man when Putin falls. "This verdict is being written by Putin's officials."
The trial has drawn widespread critics who say the charges are merely an attempt to keep President Vladimir Putin's most ardent foe in prison for as long as ...
Following Navalny’s imprisonment, authorities unleashed a sweeping crackdown on his associates and supporters. Navalny was arrested in January 2021 immediately upon his return from Germany, where he spent five months convalescing from a poisoning he blamed on the Kremlin, a claim Russian officials vehemently denied. The trial, which opened about a month ago, unfolded in a makeshift courtroom in the prison colony hours away from Moscow where Navalny is serving a sentence for parole violations.
'We condemn Russian authorities' politically-motivated conviction and sentencing of opposition leader Aleksey Navalny,' State Department spokesman Ned Price ...