Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said he is facing new extremism and terrorism cases that threaten to put him in prison for another 30 years.
Fox News' Eric Shawn reports from the United Nations as Sergey Lavrov chaired a Security Council meeting. Before the meeting the sister of imprisoned American Paul Whelan demanded her brother's immediate release from a Russian jail.Alexei Navalny revealed Wednesday that prosecutors have launched an"absurd" new case against him that could keep him behind bars for an additional 30 years.
Supporters of Navalny published a statement on Twitter quoting him as saying he has also been accused of carrying out"terrorist attacks" while in jail and is going to face a separate military trial over those allegations.
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