Jailed Russian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny says he expects to be given a "Stalinist term" when he's sentenced on August 4 on extremism charges that could keep him incarcerated for decades.
The public prosecutor's office has demanded 20 years in a penal colony for Alexei Navalny. The verdict is to be pronounced on August 4, but is considered to have already been made. Navalny was on trial on "extremism" charges. The Kremlin critic was accused of founding and financing an "extremeist" organization, inciting extremist activities, and "reviving Nazi ideology" His lawyers had only been given ten days to sift through the 196 folders with a total of 3828 pages of indictment.
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Former U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul speculates on why Vladimir Putin didn't "double down" on Yevgeny Prigozhin's rebellion and says he's tired of people saying NATO membership for Ukraine is unrealistic "because that's what got us into these situations in the first place."