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A Russian court convicted imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny on charges of extremism and sentenced him to 19 years in prison Friday. Navalny is already serving a nine-year term on a variety of charges that he says were politically motivated.
In Moscow, a high-profile opposition activist has been convicted and sentenced to 25 years in prison, on charges of treason -- the harshest sentence of its kind since Russia invaded Ukraine. Vladimir Kara Murza had been a vocal critic of Vladimir Putin and the Kremlin. And, his conviction is just the latest example of how the Russian govt is cracking down on dissent. FRANCE 24's former Moscow correspondent Nick Holdsworth tells us more.
Following a closed-door trial, a Russian court announces it finds Kremlin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza guilty of high treason, spreading "false" information about the Russian army and being affiliated with an "undesirable organisation", resulting in a 25 year jail sentence. IMAGES
Russia on Monday began the closed-door trial of jailed opposition activist Vladimir Kara-Murza, who faces more than two decades in prison on charges including treason for comments critical of the Kremlin. His high-profile trial is the latest in a string of cases against opposition voices in Russia in a crackdown that has intensified since President Vladimir Putin deployed troops in Ukraine last year.
Vladimir Kara-Murza is the latest Russian opposition activist on trial for allegedly spreading 'fake news' about the Russian army.
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