Alexei Navalny: Putin critic facing decades in prison as new trial begins
Source: BBC
Alexei Navalny: Putin critic facing decades in prison as new trial begins
19 June 2023
The jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is facing a new trial on charges of extremism that could keep him in prison for decades.
Mr Navalny is already serving a nine-year sentence for parole violations, fraud and contempt of court.
He and his supporters insist his arrest and imprisonment in 2021 was politically motivated.
The latest trial will begin on Monday in the penal colony where he is being held, 250km (150 miles) east of Moscow.
Mr Navalny is facing multiple charges, including creating an extremist network and financing extremist activity.
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Some kind of pacifier to ease his pain of loss somehow. I mean, what's a failed barbarian dictator to do when the chips are down?
