Russia's Supreme Court upholds latest sentence for Navalny, who died 5 months ago

The Supreme Court of Russia upheld the last sentence of Navalny, who died 5 months ago Polina Buyanova

Navalny's sentence was left unchanged/Collage 24 Channel

The Supreme Court of Russia upheld the decision of the Moscow City Court. In August 2023, politician Alexei Navalny was sentenced to 19 years in a maximum security colony.

In 2023, Navalny was found guilty of “calls for extremism financing extremism and creating an extremist community.” The court's decision is quoted by a number of Russian media.

Navalny's sentence was left unchanged

Navalny received his last sentence in the case of an “extremist community” while he was in a colony in the Vladimir region. In December 2023, he was transferred to the special regime colony in Yamal “Polar Wolf”.

The Supreme Court of Russia upheld the decision of the Moscow City Court, which in August 2023, sentenced opposition politician Alexei Navalny to 19 years in a maximum security penal colony on charges of “extremism,” media reports say.

Together with Navalny, a technical director of his YouTube channel Daniel Kholodny. He was given 8 years in a general regime colony.

Opposition politician Alexei Navalny died on February 16, 2024 in the named Yamal colony. According to the Russian authorities, Navalny died of natural causes.

By the way, recently a Russian court also sentenced the American journalist Gershkovich. He was detained on charges of espionage in March 2023.