Navalny is sentenced
Investigators found Navalny 34 thousand dollars They say that he misappropriated a close donation for personal purposes
Opposition leader arrested in Russia Alexei Navalnyfound guilty of embezzlement. Opposition 10 can be sentenced to more than a year in prison.
March 22 judge Marqarita Kotova Navalny is being held in a prison on the outskirts of Moscow.
Prosecutors have demanded a 13-year prison sentence.
Navalny, who was treated in Germany for poisoning in Siberia last year JanuaryHe was arrested on his return to Moscow and was sent to prison on another charge.
In his last words, the opposition pleaded not guilty, emphasizing that the prosecutors’ demands showed the corrupt nature of the court.
About $ 34,000 “misappropriation”
New criminal case against Navalny 2020It was opened in December. 45-year-old anti-corruption activist embezzles money from his now-banned Anti-Corruption Fund (FCC) and accused of contempt of court.
Investigators found Navalny 34 thousand dollars They say that he misappropriated a close donation for personal purposes. Himself and supporters charges political calls motive.
A few weeks after Navalny’s return from Germany, he violated the terms of his earlier sentence according to He was sentenced to two and a half years in prison. This conviction is also fictitious, political was considered motivated.
It is unknown at this time what he will do after leaving the post.
The Kremlin says it had no hand in Navalny’s poisoning. The West has condemned the arrest of the opposition and Sanctions were imposed on Moscow.