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
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. for the kremlin critic, this is a trial behind bars. he was found guilty on extremism charges.
an official proceeding. obstruction of an official proceeding, and conspiracy against the rights of citizens. the former president is due to appear before a federal court on thursday in washington, dc, as our washington correspondent sean dilley explains. chanting: we love trump! he s the first president to be charged with a federal crime. but if previous cases are anything to go by, donald trump s third indictment is only likely to boost his popularity with republican voters. the charges he faces, though, are serious. the 45 page indictment accuses the former president of knowingly spreading false claims about election fraud to trick and persuade states into helping him overturn the election results. the police are now running back into the capitol building. he s not been charged with inciting the violent scenes of january 6th, but prosecutors have drawn a link. the attack on our nation s capital onjanuary 6th, 2021, was an unprecedented assault on the seat of american democ
this was billed as a high level delegation that was meant to go to meet with the top military leaders to try and get them to step down. part of this delegation was a former military leader of nigeria, neighbouring nigeria, and then also an influential cleric. but the information we are getting right now is that this delegation was in the country forjust a few hours. they met some members of the military but they didn t really meet the top man himself, general abdourahamane tiani, or the deposed president, to try and mediate between the two of them possibly. we understand the delegation has now left. they reason why this is also important is because ecowas, the military bloc, had given the military a deadline of this sunday to step down, or otherwise they might use force to remove them from power. so right now the scene is set for this countdown to sunday to see if the military steps down, and if doesn t what happens next. you mentioned that deadline. is it any clearer whether