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This is the latest in a string of heavy sentences against Russia’s opposition, with the Kremlin doubling down on repressing civil society since the start of the Ukraine war.
A Russian court on Friday sentenced Ksenia Fadeyeva, who led jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny s now-banned organisation in the Siberian city of Tomsk, to almost a decade in prison, her supporters said.
Ksenia Fadeeva, an ally of jailed Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny, was sentenced to nine years in prison by a Russian court Friday. Fadeeva previously served as a member of the Tomsk city Douma.