On February 2, local time, the Moscow City Court lifted the probation of the Russian opposition activist Navalny and sentenced him to 3.5 years in prison.
Given that he has been under residential surveillance for one year before, Navarine actually needs to serve 2.5 years in prison.
The above-mentioned judgment has not yet taken effect, and the parties still have a 10-day appeal period.
On the same day, near the Moscow court building where the trial was held, vehicles from the embassies of the United States, Britain, Sweden, Germany, Norway, Poland, Canada, Japan and other countries were assembled in Russia.
In response, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zakharova said that Western diplomats are putting pressure on judges in disguise.
Even if Westerners think that Navalny is "their person", it cannot change the fact that he is a Russian citizen.
This is not only an interference in the internal affairs of sovereign countries, but also exposed the ugly faces of Western countries collectively trying to contain Russia.
Volodin, chairman of the Russian State Duma (lower house of parliament), stated that Navalny is an agent of Western interests in Russia.
Western countries use Navalny to create tension in Russia.
By now, Navariny and Western countries have to bear the consequences.
Because the person sentenced to probation should know that he should report to the Federal Penitentiary Administration in accordance with the law, but Navalny is on holiday in a foreign country.
In 2014, Navalny was sentenced to three and a half years in prison for embezzling public funds, and his suspended sentence expired on December 30, 2020.
On January 17, the Russian Federal Prison Service arrested Navalny after he had repeatedly violated the probation regulations after he returned to Russia on a civil flight from Germany.
(Headquarters reporter Wang Bin Song Yao)