BREAKING: Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny sentenced to 2.5 years in prison after a Moscow court turned his suspended sentence in a 2014 criminal case into a full custodial sentence Tuesday. nbcnews.to/36CMewn
Navalny received a suspended prison sentence for fraud in 2014, which the Russian authorities applied to turn into a real 3.5-year jail term due to alleged parole violations.
Navalny has maintained that the case was fabricated against him to curb his political ambitions.
Navalny has maintained that the case was fabricated against him to curb his political ambitions.
In an expected decision on Tuesday, the judge in Moscow flipped the suspended sentence to the 3.5-year jail term, but considered 1 year of house arrest already served, amounting to 2.5 years in prison overall.
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, charged with violating the terms of a 2014 suspended sentence for embezzlement, stands inside a defendants' cage during a court hearing in Moscow on Tuesday.
Navalny was sentenced to 2.5 years in prison.
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Navalny was sentenced to 2.5 years in prison.
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Sec. Blinken: "The United States is deeply concerned by Russia’s actions toward Aleksey Navalny. We reiterate our call for his immediate and unconditional release as well as the release of all those wrongfully detained for exercising their rights."
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