Tag: Russian 'sham'
Putin critic Alexei Navalny jailed for nine years in Russian 'sham' trial – BBC News
The most prominent opposition figure to Russian President Vladimir Putin, Alexei Navalny, has been found guilty of fraud and contempt of court. He has been sentenced to nine years in a “strict regime penal colony” in a case rejected by supporters as fabricated. Navalny was detained when he returned to Russia last year, after surviving a poisoning he blamed on the Kremlin. He is already serving three and…