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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

An associate of Russian opposition leader Navalny is sentenced to 9 years in prison

Alexei Navalny's team

An associate of imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was sentenced to nine years in prison on Friday, the latest move in a relentless Kremlin crackdown on dissent.

Ksenia Fadeyeva, a regional legislator who headed a local branch of Navalny's organization in the Siberian city of Tomsk, was convicted on charges of organizing an extremist group. Her lawyers said they would appeal the verdict, arguing that Fadeyeva had ended her involvement with Navalny's organization before the authorities labeled it extremist in 2021.

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