Kremlin foe Alexei Navalny given 19 more years for extremism conviction

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/alexei-navalny-prison-sentence-1.6927768

* 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

Alexei Navalny: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexei_Navalny

Russian opposition leader, lawyer, anti-corruption activist

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