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Judge is about to rule in the case of Alexei Navalny, who was just let back into court. He's now standing in a glass holding dock surrounded by armed police.
Judge is about to rule in the case of Alexei Navalny, who was just let back into court. He's now standing in a glass holding dock surrounded by armed police.
@SvobodaRadio Navalny looks to his wife Yulia in the courtroom and makes a heart gesture with his hands before the court rules. He could get 3.5 years behind bars (with roughly a year knocked off) or be released on parole. 
Judge now reading out the ruling as Navalny looks on with a slight smirk on his face. His fate will be known imminently.
Navalny a moment ago drawing a heart on the glass of his cage in the courtroom and locking eyes with his wife as the judge began reading the verdict.
⚡️BREAKING: Russian court orders Alexei Navalny to prison for 3.5 years.
The be clear: the Russian court has handed Navalny a 3.5-year prison sentence, but it will actually be 2.5 years, minus the almost one year he spent under house arrest.
OK. The verdict has been delivered. The judge says 2 years and 8 months for Navalny, who is now being led out of the courtroom.
Editor-in-chief of RT (Russia Today) state propaganda channel celebrates Navalny's prison sentence by sharing a Telegram channel for Kremlin sycophants where she says a "good chat" is happening. The comments say things like "Hooray!" and "The sentence should have been longer."
https://twitter.com/M_Simonyan/status/1356659570328928258
The UK is out first with a statement on the Navalny verdict, calling for his “immediate and unconditional release.”
https://twitter.com/dominicraab/status/1356658682063441921
US statement from @SecBlinken:
https://twitter.com/lrozen/status/1356663024069836805
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