Russian court ruthless to the lawyers of Alexey Navalny. They got advanced sentences

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Why are we writing about this?

The legal case was widely regarded as a manifestation of expanding force on opposition and discouragement of defenders to conduct political affairs, said AP. The authorities besides issued a warrant for the arrest of 2 another long-term opposition lawyers, but managed to leave Russia early. Navalny's organizations were banned and considered extremist in 2021. On the basis of this decision, any of their activists may be prosecuted by law.

What happens to Navalny's lawyers

Not only prison sentences were ruled out in the face of the convicts, but besides the ban on the profession of lawyer within 3 years after serving the sentence, reported the independent Russian portal Medusa. “We are tried for passing Navalny’s thought on to others,” Kobziev said. According to relatives of the convicts, the authorities accused them of supplying Navalny's supporters with information from him. Julia Navalna, Alexey's widow, appealed for the release of the convicted lawyers.

Who was Alexey Navalny?

The most celebrated political opponent Putin, who had held thousands of demonstrations against the Russian authorities in fresh years, was arrested in January 2021 on his return to Russia from Germany, where he was treated after an attempted poisoning. The Russian authorities have brought further criminal cases against him, resulting in sentences for more than 30 years in total. In February 2024, his abrupt death was reported in the camp behind the Arctic Circle, where he held 19 years imprisonment.

The conviction on lawyers was to be issued a week earlier, but the court changed the deadline to January 17, that is, “the day of Navalny's return to Russia and its imprisonment”. "The case, clear," noted Ivan Żdanov, manager of the Naval Foundation for the Fight against Corruption.

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