Russia court sentences Alexey Navalny, jailed opposition leader and Putin critic, to 19 more years in prison

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Russia court sentences Alexey Navalny, jailed opposition leader and Putin critic, to 19 more years in prison
cbsnews.com

A Russian " " court " " on Friday issued its verdict in a new case against jailed opposition leader Alexey Navalny, convicting the politician of promoting "extremism" and extending his time in prison by 19 years, according to Russian state media and his own team.

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Uh that seems like a pretty absolutist world view. You can simultaneously think that the invasion of Ukraine is terrible, and care that a Russian man is being jailed for nearly twenty years by a kangaroo court.

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