Russia's leading opposition figure, Alexei Navalny, was sentenced to nine more years in prison on charges of fraud and contempt of court. His supporters say President Vladimir Putin ordered the case to silence him.
, was sentenced to nine more years in prison on charges of fraud and contempt of court, in a case his supporters say was brought against him on the orders of President Vladimir Putin.
The antigraft campaigner, who has been a thorn in the Kremlin’s side for the past decade, was already serving a 3½ year sentence. He was jailed in February last year for violating parole related to an earlier fraud sentence he and his supporters say was politically motivated.
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