Prosecutors want Russian President Vladimir Putin's most vocal critic moved to a maximum security penal colony for 13 years on the new conviction.
A Russian court on Tuesday found jailed Kremlin opposition leader Alexei Navalny guilty of embezzlement charges, a verdict that could result in his prison sentence being significantly extended, an AFP journalist said.
Russian President Vladimir Putin's most vocal critic moved to a maximum security penal colony for 13 years on the new conviction. Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, accused of fraud and contempt of court, and his lawyers Olga Mikhailova and Vadim Kobzev are seen on a screen via a video link during a court hearing in a penal colony in the town of Pokrov in Vladimir Region, Russia on March 22, 2022. He was jailed last year when he went back to Russia after being treated in Germany following a poisoning with the Soviet-era nerve agent Novichok during a 2020 trip to Siberia.
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