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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Chris Stevenson

Jailed Putin critic Navalny gets 19 extra years in penal camp in latest attempt by the Kremlin to silence him

Reuters

A Russian court has convicted the imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny of extremism charges and sentenced him to an extra 19 years in prison.

Mr Navalny – Vladimir Putin’s fiercest critic – is already serving a term of more than 11 years on a variety of charges which have widely been derided as politically motivated. His movement has been outlawed and declared “extremist”.

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