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Thursday, July 20, 2023
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Thursday, July 20, 2023
Russia seeks 20 years in jail for Kremlin opponent Navalny — allies
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny appears on a video screen set up at Moscow City Court, on May 24, 2022. (Russian Federal Penitentiary Service via AP)
Russian prosecutors have requested a jail term of 20 years for the already imprisoned Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny as he faces charges of “extremism,” his allies say.
They say the court will announce its verdict on August 4, following a closed-door trial held in the maximum-security prison where Navalny is serving a nine-year sentence on charges his supporters see as punishment for his political work.
