- Title: Putin critic Alexei Navalny has 19 years added to his jail term
- Date: 4th August 2023
- Summary: MELEKHOVO, VLADIMIR REGION, RUSSIA (AUGUST 4, 2023) (REUTERS) RUSSIAN OPPOSITION LEADER ALEXEI NAVALNY (SECOND FROM LEFT), LAWYERS AND OTHER DEFENDANT, 'NAVALNY LIVE' YOUTUBE CHANNEL ADMIN DANIEL KHOLODNY (FRONT RIGHT) LISTENING TO JUDGE JOURNALISTS IN MEDIA ROOM NAVALNY REACTING TO SENTENCE
- Embargoed: 18th August 2023 15:47
- Keywords: COURT NAVALNY RUSSIA SENTENCE VERDICT
- Location: MELEKHOVO, VLADIMIR REGION, RUSSIA
- City: MELEKHOVO, VLADIMIR REGION, RUSSIA
- Country: Russia
- Topics: Crime/Law/Justice,Europe,Judicial Process/Court Cases/Court Decisions
- Reuters ID: LVA001234204082023RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Jailed Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny had an extra 19 years added to his jail term on Friday (August 4) in a criminal case which he and his supporters said was trumped up to keep him behind bars and out of politics for even longer.
Navalny, 47, President Vladimir Putin's fiercest domestic critic, is already serving sentences totalling 11-1/2 years on fraud and other charges that he says are also bogus. His political movement has been outlawed and declared "extremist".
A court at the IK-6 penal colony in Melekhovo, about 235 km (145 miles) east of Moscow where he is serving his sentences, was trying him on Friday on six separate criminal charges, including inciting and financing extremist activity and creating an extremist organisation.
The audio feed from the court was so poor that it was practically impossible to make out what the judge was saying.
Navalny's team said the judge had added 19 years to his sentences as a result of the new charges. State prosecutors had asked the court to hand him another 20 years in a penal colony. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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