let s stop the length of that sentence, the prosecutors had been pushing for 20 years, we think it is 19 but there has been a little bit of doubt about that. let s start with the length of that sentence. yes, the trial was held at a makeshift courtroom at a prison about 850 mild east of moscow in a village cold melekhovo where alexei navalny is serving a previous nine year sentence. the trial on extremism charges was held behind closed doors and journalists who arrived at that detention facility were able to follow proceedings when the judge were able to follow proceedings when thejudge read out the were able to follow proceedings when the judge read out the verdict from a different room via a video link, but the sound quality was so poor that they had difficulty understanding what the actual sentence was. but now the consensus among those journalists seems to be at is 19 years. this is the latest sentence and it may not be alexei navalny s last. his defence team says that
Eager to support putin. he did not want to have liberal opposition leaders who are able to organise people, so they do everything they can in their power to get rid of any possible challenge. he can in their power to get rid of any possible challenge. can in their power to get rid of any possible challenge. he has been one ofthe possible challenge. he has been one of the few who possible challenge. he has been one of the few who can possible challenge. he has been one of the few who can mobilise - possible challenge. he has been one of the few who can mobilise and - possible challenge. he has been one of the few who can mobilise and get| of the few who can mobilise and get people out on the streets, especially young people, and i guess that underlies the threat the authorities saw from alexei navalny. we have to be met there but thank you very much for being with us and giving us that analysis live in the hour after alexei navalny was sentenced to 19 years. thank you so much for y
Among those journalists seems to be at is 19 years. this is the latest sentence and it may not be alexei navalny s last. his defence team says that they have heard from investigators that alexei navalny may now be charged with terrorism, so what we are seeing now in russia is an environment where any sort of meaningful political activism that challenges vladimir putin s rule is punishable with these lengthy sentences and the 19 sentence that alexei navalnyjust received, it is not really a surprise to anyone and writing on social media yesterday, alexei navalny s team said that they
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Let s stop the length of that sentence, the prosecutors had been pushing for 20 years, we think it is 19 but there has been a little bit of doubt about that. let s start with the length of that sentence. yes, the trial was held at a makeshift courtroom at a prison about 850 mild east of moscow in a village cold melekhovo where alexei navalny is serving a previous nine year sentence. the trial on extremism charges was held behind closed doors and journalists who arrived at that detention facility were able to follow proceedings when the judge were able to follow proceedings when thejudge read out the were able to follow proceedings when the judge read out the verdict from a different room via a video link, but the sound quality was so poor that they had difficulty understanding what the actual sentence was. but now the consensus