Oppositionist Alexei Navalny: "I am against this war"

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said today from a courtroom

, who is serving a two-and-a-half-year sentence in prison and is on trial for crimes that carry sentences of up to ten years imprisonment.

District Court

he made harsh words about the Russian army's ongoing invasion of Ukraine.

“I want the court to put in writing that I am requesting that the war be stopped now.

The people who started this war are gangsters and thieves."

Navalny has been held in the IK-2 prison (near Moscow) since January 2021

, who has been in prison for 402 days, is accused

of embezzlement, of having stolen money from donations sent to

, his foundation that fights against political corruption, but also of having offended a judge during a trial .

The sentence he risks is 15 years but this does not stop his statements in the slightest. thieves.

I started my political activity to fight this criminal regime”.

In the footage of the

, posted on his twitter profile, he states “This group that took power literally started a war to save the palace in Gelendzhik and their daches in Rublevskaya – all this shows once again how right I was right from the start. 'Start".

Already in the aftermath of

's speech to the nation two days ago, the blogger and opponent had launched a harsh attack against the Russian leader, calling him "a drunken grandfather who bores everyone at family reunions with his stories about the real functioning of politics" .

“Because of Putin hundreds of Ukrainians and Russians now risk dying and in the future the number could rise to tens of thousands.

Yes, Putin will not allow Ukraine to develop, he will drag it into a

, but Russia will pay the same price.