Posted on 08/04/2023 9:37:24 AM PDT by lodi90
A Russian court sentenced opposition leader Alexey Navalny to another 19 years in prison after convicting him of “extremism,” a decision he had earlier described as “Stalinist.”
The closed hearing on Friday held inside a strict-regime prison found President Vladimir Putin’s most outspoken critic guilty of charges of founding an “extremist” group and six other related counts. The judge ordered the new term also to be served in a strict-regime prison.
Navalny, 47, had predicted “a huge sentence, what they call a ‘Stalinist’ sentence” in a statement on his website the day before the verdict. He said he also expected prosecutors to open a case accusing him of “terrorism” soon as well, aimed at keeping him in prison for a further 10 years.
He’s already serving a nine-year term for fraud and contempt of court that was imposed after he returned to Russia in early 2021. Navalny had received treatment in Germany for a nerve-agent poisoning in Siberia that he and Western governments blamed on the Kremlin. Russian authorities denied responsibility.
Navalny and his supporters have continued to face a relentless crackdown by the authorities since Putin ordered the February 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
Putin is “trying to intimidate millions” by imposing harsh sentences on opposition activists, Navalny wrote to his supporters. “When the sentence is announced, please think about only one, really important thought - what else can I personally do to resist?”
Yes, I’m curious when the Biden junta is going to have to say about this.
Isn’t that awful how Putin goes after government opponents heck Joe Biden would never do that....
Well, I’m sure that Navalny was a threat to their democracy.
Surprised Biden and Putin don’t get along since they have so much in common
"I want one of those here!"
Amazing how similar the methods of the Democrats are to Putin’s.
Seems a familiar story these days
Huh!! imagine that happening, jailing your political opponents using the Judicial system for political means.
Sounds just like our DOJ and the crooked libtard democrat hate party
Navalny’s claims for his lost election in Moscow sound quite familiar - voting machines and counting in key areas by Putin’s United Party, unclean voter registration rolls, strange counting procedures, claims of illegal ballots
And then when they claim fraud, government harasses him and his lawyers/associates with lawfare.
Biden is “trying to intimidate millions” by imposing harsh sentences on opposition activists, Trump wrote to his supporters. “When the sentence is announced, please think about only one, really important thought - what else can I personally do to resist?”
We need to swap our J6 political prisoners for Putin’s political prisoners.
Win win.
This would never happen here,
Oh wait.
I'm pretty sure Stalin would have put him up against a wall a long time ago...but ok.
Navalny is no Nemtsov. That’s for sure.
Excellent!
Russia is doing to Democrat Operatives in Russia, what we should be doing to Democrat Operatives in America.
Do US DC District Federal Judges moonlight in Russia? Seems like it.
Tough break for the puppet of “Cookies” Nuland...
Putin really is afraid of Navalny as a political rival.
This is another example of projection. Everything we accuse Russia of is actually true of us as proven by the bogus charges against Trump.
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