Alexei Navalny had his prison sentence extended on charges many have dismissed as attempts by Russian President Vladimir Putin to silence him.
Navalny, a Russian politician and activist, had his ongoing jail sentence extended to 19 years on Friday. He had previously been serving a nine-year sentence on charges of parole violation, fraud, and contempt of court, which have been widely dismissed on the world stage as illegitimate and politically motivated. His sentence was extended after a court found him guilty of funding an extremist group, a charge Navalny denied.
An anti-corruption advocate in Russia, Navalny has in the past launched presidential challenges against Putin and has been highly critical of his government. He is currently being held atRepublicans attempted to liken the opposition leader's treatment by Putin's government to Trump, who on Thursday was arraigned in a Washington, D.C., court on criminal charges related to his attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. Trump pleaded not guilty to all charges. It was the former president's second indictment on federal charges, and his third criminal indictment overall.
Former President Donald Trump meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Republicans attempted to liken Trump's mounting criminal indictments to Alexei Navalny, a longtime critic of Putin.Legal scholars have, by and large, assessed the myriad of charges , particularly the more recent federal ones. Despite that, Trump and his supporters have continued to claim that he is innocent and dismiss the investigations against him as politically motivated attempts to hurt his 2024 presidential campaign.
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