alain tells everyone to use single rounds in order to last till the morning. he decides to change their location because the position is compromised. the key in electronic warfare is being invisible to your enemy. abduljalil abdurasulov, bbc news, kyiv. russian president vladimir putin s fiercest domestic critic alexei navalny has had his jail term extended to 19 years in a maximum security penal colony on friday. navalny is already serving sentences totalling 11 and a half years on fraud and other charges. he says those charges are bogus. our russia editor steve rosenberg sent in this report from the court. this is the closest we were allowed to get to russia s most famous prisoner. we d been let inside the high securityjail where alexei navalny was already incarcerated. but journalists weren t allowed into the makeshift courtroom. all we could do was
our russia editor, steve rosenberg reports. this is the closest we were allowed to get to russia s most famous prisoner. we d been let inside the high securityjail where alexei navalny is already incarcerated. but journalists weren t allowed into the makeshift courtroom. we had to watch on a screen. for the kremlin critic, this is a trial behind bars. he was found guilty on extremism charges. punishment more jail time. he was handed a 19 year prison sentence. we may have been allowed in here to watch the verdict on a tv screen, but keep in mind that in this court case, the actual proceedings were closed to the press and to the public and held in a high security prison. describing this trial as behind closed doors feels like an understatement. ahead of the verdict, in a message online, mr navalny wrote that a long prison sentence for him was
extended from nine to 19 years. mr navalny was found guilty of inciting and financing extremist activity and creating an extremist organisation, charges he denied. he s already serving a nine year term for fraud and contempt of court, in a case which many see as politically motivated. today s court proceedings were held in the prison in melekhovo, where he has been held, and from where our russia editor, steve rosenberg, reports. this is the closest we were allowed to get to russia s most famous prisoner. we d been let inside the high securityjail where alexei navalny was already incarcerated. but journalists weren t allowed into the makeshift courtroom. all we could do was watch on a screen. at this trial behind bars, the kremlin critic was found guilty on extremism charges and handed a new 19 year prison sentence. he ll be transferred to a so called special regime colony and harsher conditions.
channel repeatedly exposed the kremlin s corruption. it now has over 30 million followers. and so despised is he by the leadership in moscow, that mr putin never refers to him by name. so, it was an extremely brave thing to go back. but how he is paying for it? but how he is paying for it. alexei navalny was already serving nine years in a high security prison for alleged fraud, a parole violation and contempt of court. today, a judge added another ten for alleged links to extremism, which his supporters say were entirely fabricated. our russia editor steve rosenberg was in court as mr navalny was sentenced he sent this report. this is the closest we were allowed to get to russia s most famous prisoner. we d been let inside the high securityjail where alexei navalny is already incarcerated. but journalists weren t allowed into the makeshift courtroom. we had to watch on a screen.
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