Vladimir Putin critic Alexei Navalny jailed for a further 19 years over 'extremism'

Russian Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny sentenced to 19 more years in prison

Russian Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny has been sentenced to an additional 19 years in prison. He's been in jail since 2021 after he returned to Russia after being poisoned in Germany - which he blames on President Vladimir Putin.

The Russian opposition leader received the sentence in the case opened against him for “extremism” and called on his compatriots to “resist” the “gang of traitors, thieves and scoundrels” that “seized power” in Russia

Putin critic Alexei Navalny has 19 years added to jail term, West condemns Russia

MELEKHOVO, Russia – Jailed Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny had an extra 19 years in a maximum security penal colony added to his jail term on Friday, August 4, in a criminal case that he said was designed to cow the Russian people into political submission. Navalny, President Vladimir Putin’s fiercest domestic critic, is already serving sentences totaling 11-1/2 years on fraud and other charges that he says are also bogus. His polit…

EU strongly condemns Russian court's sentencing of opposition figure to another 19 years in prison

'This is a stark indication that the Russian legal system continues to be instrumentalized against Navalny,' says EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell - Anadolu Ajansı

Putin critic Alexei Navalny gets 19 year jail term over extremism charges; verdict slammed by UK, US

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny sentenced to 19 years in prison amidst crackdown on dissent.

Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny given more jail time on extremism charges

By Rob Picheta, Anna Chernova, Darya Tarasova and Josh Pennington, CNN (CNN) — Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny is facing an even longer stint in jail after being sentenced to 19 years in prison on extremism charges, Russian media report, a fresh blow to a fierce critic of Russia’s President Vladimir Putin that comes amid an intensifying crackdown on dissent. Navalny was accused of creating an extremist community, financing extremist ac…