Jailed Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny had an extra 19 years added to his jail term, on fraud and other charges, that he says are bogus
Navalny says charges are politically motivated and bogusMELEKHOVO, Russia, Aug 4 - Jailed Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny had an extra 19 years in a maximum security penal colony added to his jail term on Friday in aNavalny, President Vladimir Putin's, is already serving sentences totalling 11-1/2 years on fraud and other charges that he says are also bogus. His political movement has been outlawed and declared "extremist".
Navalny said in a statement on social media released via his lawyers and supporters that he was facing a life sentence behind bars unless the current authorities fell first. The U.S. State Department called the verdict "an unjust conclusion to an unjust trial", while the European Union condemned what it called another politically motivated ruling and called for Navalny's immediate release.
Dressed in dark prison uniform and flanked by his lawyers, Navalny smiled occasionally as he listened to the judge. Navalny, who in the 2010s brought tens of thousands of people onto the streets to oppose Putin's rule, was detained in January 2021 after returning to Moscow from Germany, where he had been treated for what Western experts said was poisoning by a Soviet-era nerve agent.
Kira Yarmysh, Navalny's spokeswoman, told Reuters that he was cheerful and optimistic because he believed in his cause. She said he could now be transferred to another penal colony where he might face draconian conditions.
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