Russian opposition leader Navalny found guilty on new embezzlement charges

By AFP 22 March 2022, 9:42 am

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Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is seen on a screen via a video link during the verdict in his embezzlement and contempt of court trial at the IK-2 prison colony in the town of Pokrov in Vladimir Region on March 22, 2022. (AFP)

POKROV — A Russian court finds jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny guilty on embezzlement charges that could see his prison sentence significantly extended, an AFP journalist says.

“Navalny committed fraud — the theft of property by an organized group,” judge Margarita Kotova says, according to an AFP reporter present at the trial held in Navalny’s penal colony outside Moscow.