Navalny, one of the leading Russian voices against Vladimir Putin before he was locked up, has now been convicted of promoting "extremism."

A Russian " " court " " on Friday issued its verdict in a new case against jailed opposition leader Alexey Navalny, convicting the politician of promoting “extremism” and extending his time in prison by 19 years, according to Russian state media and his own team.

  • Carighan MaconarEnglish
    15•1 year ago

    Tiny correction in the interest of accuracy: He was sentenced to 10 more years, for 19 remaining years total.

    And he’ll probably get a few more added on top, this is a Myanmar thing where they’ll just either make him disappear or perpetually keep him imprisoned of course.