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Kremlin foe Alexei Navalny given 19 more years for extremism conviction

* already serving a 9-years on politically motivated charges

* deliberate Kremlin strategy to silence most ardent opponent

* sentenced in 2021 to 2½ years for parole violation

* extremism trial behind closed doors in penal colony

Russian opposition leader, lawyer, anti-corruption activist

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Jailed Russian Opposition Leader Navalny Receives a New 19-Year Sentence

Aleksei A. Navalny, who is already in prison, was sentenced for supporting “extremism,” amid intensified suppression of dissent in Russia