Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny is facing an even longer stint in prison after being sentenced on extremism charges
“Jailed Western-backed Russian political activist Alexey Navalny has been sentenced to a further 19 years behind bars.
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The opposition figure was found guilty on multiple extremism-related charges, including creating an extremist group, calling for extremist actions, financing such activities and luring minors into them.
The charges saw Navalny given a combined sentence of 19 years. The former Moscow protest leader has been incarcerated since 2021, serving a separate prison term after being convicted of fraud.
Navalny, who is 47, ended up in custody after making a high profile return from Germany, where he was recovering from an alleged poisoning. He was found in violation of terms of his suspended sentence over defrauding the Russian subsidiary of French cosmetics manufacturer Yves Rocher out of millions of rubles. At first suspended, the sentence was activated and he was sent to a penal colony for two years and eight months.
In early 2022, Navalny received a further nine years behind bars, after being found guilty of contempt of court and fraud. The charges were related to the activities of HIS Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK), with the opposition figure accused of spending the donations raised by the non-profit for ‘personal needs’ as well as to bankroll ‘extremist activities’”. -RT
It’s ironic how the West is trying to portray Russia as cracking down on opposition politicians for the imprisonment of Navalny, a minor political figure who has never had any significant support in Russia, at the same time that Donald Trump has been arrested and indicted for the third time.
And, unlike the Ukrainian regime under President Zelenskyy, the Russian Federation and even the Chinese Communist Party permits several opposition parties to exist. The Kiev regime, on the other hand, makes a habit of canceling elections.
The truth is that the rest of the world does not perceive the so-called democracies of the West to possess the moral high ground based upon their supposed commitment to freedom and fairness. And the Russian court’s sentencing of Alexey Navalny for violating the terms of his parole will not be regarded as an outrage like the establishment media would like to have us think either.