A woman in charge of the regional office of jailed Kremlin foe Alexei Navalny has been sentenced to seven-and-a-half years in a Russian penal colony for "extremism".
Lilia Chanysheva is the most-recent high-profile victim of Vladimir Putin's years-long crackdown against anyone who opposes or campaigns against him.
Ms Chanysheva, who used to head Navalny’s office in the Russian region of Bashkortostan, was found guilty of calling for extremism, forming an extremist group and founding an organisation that violates rights.
