Alexei Navalny: Russian prosecutors seek 20-year term
21 July 2023 |
9:05 pm
Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny is already serving sentences totaling more than 11 years on charges that he says were politically motivated. Now, prosecutors want to add 20 years on charges of "extremism."
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