Lets 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. Lets 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 they have hear
resistance from the russian society. 0ne resistance from the russian society. one point to make, the horrible i9 one point to make, the horrible 19 year sentence to navalny, one of the biggest enemies of the kremlin, one of the real opposition leaders, still falls short of a 25 year sentence that was received earlier. so it is horrible but could be even worse. i do not think anyone is surprised and it shows the negative trajectory russia has taken since fabry 2022 and there were domestic oppressions in before that. february 2022. it oppressions in before that. february 2022. oppressions in before that. februa 2022. , , february 2022. it is being reported he made a move february 2022. it is being reported he made a move to february 2022. it is being reported he made a move to a february 2022. it is being reported he made a move to a special - february 2022. it is being reported| he made a move to a special colony and regime, just how harsh penal colonies like that, how har