MOSCOW, 23 March 2022, (TON): A Russian court found jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny guilty of additional charges of embezzlement and contempt of court and sentenced him to nine years in prison as Moscow seeks to wipe out remaining pockets of dissent.
The sentencing came on the 27th day of what Moscow has termed a special military operation in pro-Western Ukraine, with thousands killed and some 10 million displaced.
Judge Margarita Kotova said “Navalny committed fraud the theft of property by an organised group,”
According to media reports present at the hearing held inside Navalny’s penal colony outside Moscow.
The judge also found Navalny guilty of the less severe charge of contempt of court.
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