MOSCOW — A Russian court has convicted and sentenced opposition leader Alexey Navalny to an additional 19 years in prison on extremism-related charges — the latest in a series of harsh prison terms meted out to political opponents of the Kremlin amid its war in Ukraine.
The trial of Navalny, Russian President Vladimir Putin's fiercest domestic critic, unfolded behind closed doors and highly unusual circumstances. Judges moved the courtroom from Moscow to inside a maximum security prison in Melekhovo — some 150 miles east of the capital — where Navalny is already serving a 9-year sentence on fraud and embezzlement charges.
