Posted on 11/12/2023 4:59:12 AM PST by Timber Rattler
A Moscow appeals court has upheld a 19-year prison sentence for Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who was convicted on extremism-related charges in August.
Navalny, a fierce critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, is already serving a 9-year sentence on fraud and embezzlement charges.
In August, the court said Navalny had financed and incited "extremist activities" with his group the Anti-Corruption Foundation. The group was banned by Russian authorities in 2021 and labeled as extremist.
Navalny has rejected the charges as politically motivated by the Kremlin in an attempt to silence him.
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The appeal was held in a closed hearing, as Russia's Interior Ministry had said Navalny's supporters could stage "provocations," Russian state news agency Tass reported. Navalny appeared via video link from a maximum security penal colony in the town of Melekhovo, about 150 miles east of Moscow, where he is being held. He will now be transferred to a different maximum security facility, Tass said.
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Irrelevant. The time frames are different, and the names are changed, but can you honestly say American elections are fair, and that our judicial system is not weaponized?
I assume you've been paying attention since 2020.
The leader of the Proud boys got 22 years in Federal Prison.
Like I said to another FR poster, I don’t care what happens in Russia.
All we have to do is look at how Biden and Justice Department are treating Trump to know how our government handles when they feal threatened by a political opponent.
Substitute Putin for Trump in your post and it would accurately describe what’s happening in the USA.
Actually it’s substitute Putin with Biden and the description fits the USA.
When it comes to Russia’s internal politics I could care less. Even you can figure that out. Right Okay.
You aren’t a lumberjack or voyageur Canadian. You’re a post WWII Uke immigrant to Canada. Just another Uke shill.
"Names are changed" and what about Trump being elected?
Saying that since we have election/judicial issues makes us just like Russia or China is ridiculous.
The anti corruption guy who goes to Yale and pals around with western bankers and NGOs lol. In think it’s hilarious that DCs Hillary and Nuland designated hitter got benched.
Sure, why would anyone care about Russia's "internal politics" when the leader controls thousands of nuclear missiles aimed at the US. Okay
Funny thing is, you keep posting on these treads...
All you can possibly claim is that we are earlier in the cycle. Otherwise, you are clearly not paying attention -- neither to exactly what I write, nor the political climate in America.
You need rest.
A 'tread' will pop up, and several assertions will be made, and I will point out the rank hypocrisy of the poster therein.
Get some sleep.
Funny things is people are overlooking the same behavior inside the USA and keep posting about it.
Have you bothered to check on the current President’s chief political opponent?
Because in many cases our internal politics are just as bad.
Is Trump getting any better treatment than Alexi Navalny.
Funny how you leave that part out.
It boggles the mind.
It is equivalent to the rapist who is just beginning in his career, criticizing the long-term habitual rapist for his sexual assaults.
Right, so you can only criticize foreign despots if your countries elections are perfect? Okay
srmanuel, I'm starting to suspect that tlozo is a 'bot.... and not a particularly well-programmed one, either.
It keeps on spitting out the same answers when confronted.
I see little point in arguing with a 'bot.
Funny thing is I can criticize Trump's treatment AND Navalny's. Your the one that has this crazy idea that we are not permitted to comment about Navalny.
You’re the only person using the word perfect, it would be nice if weren’t doing the exact same thing Russia is doing, Okay.
How different are the 1/6 prisoners and Donald Trump getting treated than Alexi Navalny ??
To me it looks like they are getting the same treatment.
While we are at it, we have election fraud threads getting started on FR just about daily, in many places around the USA our elections are just about 3rd world.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction#Nuclear_arsenal_of_Russia
Russia possesses a total of 5,889 nuclear warheads as of 2023,[5] the largest stockpile of nuclear
warheads in the world; the second-largest stockpile is the United States’ 5,428 warheads. Russia’s
deployed missiles (those actually ready to be launched) number about 1,674, second to the United
States’ 1,770.
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