Blogger and politician Alexei Navalny (included by Rosfinmonitoring in the register of organizations and individuals involved in extremist activities or terrorism) was sentenced to nine years in a strict regime colony in a case of fraud and insulting the court. The meeting of the Lefortovsky Court of Moscow was held on March 22 in an exit format in Pokrovskaya Colony No. 2.
“Finally appoint Navalny a sentence of nine years in a strict regime colony and a fine of 1.2 million rubles,” an Izvestia correspondent relayed the announcement of the verdict of Judge Margarita Kotova from the scene.
Before the sentence comes into force, it can be appealed to the Court of Appeal.
Shortly before this, Alexei Navalny was found guilty of insulting the court, as well as of especially large-scale fraud. According to the court, the man committed the theft of someone else’s property by deception.
On March 15, the state prosecution asked the Lefortovo court to transfer the accused to a strict regime colony to serve his sentence in a new case of fraud and insulting the court.
The prosecution also asked for 13 years in prison for Navalny for fraud and insulting the court.
A new criminal case against the blogger went to court on February 3. He was accused of embezzlement of funds donated to his organizations and of insulting judge Vera Akimova during a libel case against a veteran of the Great Patriotic War. On February 15, the Lefortovo Court of Moscow, at an off-site meeting in correctional colony No. 2 in Pokrov, began considering this case.
On January 25, Rosfinmonitoring added Navalny to the register of terrorists and extremists. According to the law, banks freeze the funds of persons included in this list and suspend services. In September 2021, the Investigative Committee of Russia opened a criminal case on the creation and leadership of an extremist community – FBK (recognized as a foreign agent and an extremist organization, its activities are prohibited in Russia).
On August 6 last year, the FBK and Navalny’s Headquarters were included in the list of banned organizations in Russia, the Moscow City Court recognized these organizations as extremist. In addition, the court decided to turn FBK’s property into state ownership.
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