Russia: the prosecution requires 13 years in prison against the opponent Alexeï Navalny

Alexei Navalny during a hearing in Petushki, January 17, 2022. AP - Denis Kaminev

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Alexeï Navalny could receive a new sentence of thirteen years in prison.

In any case, this is what the Russian prosecution is asking for in a very severe indictment against the opponent, already imprisoned since February 2021. 

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It was behind the bars of his prison that Alexeï Navalny listened to the indictment pronounced against him.

The opponent already sentenced to two and a half years in prison in February 2021 is accused of contempt of court and embezzlement.

Accusations "

" according to his entourage who denounces the will of the Russian authorities to make him a "prisoner for life".

Russian justice estimates that Alexei Navalny used for personal purposes several million rubles which were intended for his anti-corruption organizations.

For prosecutor Nadjeda Tikhonova, the charges are sufficiently substantiated to warrant two new prison sentences for the opponent: 13 years for embezzlement, and two years for contempt.

The indictment should be, as most of the time in Russia, followed to the letter by the judge in charge of the case.

There is therefore almost no doubt that the opponent will be condemned again.

Comment from one of Alexei Navalny's right-hand man, Leonid Volkov: "

".

Since

, the noose has continued to tighten on the Russian opposition.

All those who supported Alexeï Navalny are now in exile or are silent for fear of being arrested.   

►Also read: Russia: one year after the arrest of Alexeï Navalny, the opposition still repressed

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