Navalny, one of the leading Russian voices against Vladimir Putin before he was locked up, has now been convicted of promoting "extremism."

A Russian " " court " " on Friday issued its verdict in a new case against jailed opposition leader Alexey Navalny, convicting the politician of promoting “extremism” and extending his time in prison by 19 years, according to Russian state media and his own team.

  • 1chemistdown@kbin.social
    454·
    1 year ago

    I’m not calling you a liar, but maybe misinformed.

    Russia’s prominent jailed opposition figure Alexei Navalny has lost an appeal against a nine-year prison term, but not before launching a scathing attack on the war in Ukraine.
    Condemning Vladimir Putin’s war as stupid, he said it was “like your courts, built entirely on lies”.

    “You will suffer a historic defeat in this stupid war that you started. It has no purpose or meaning. Why are we fighting a war?” he said.

    • DigitalTraveler42@lemmy.worldEnglish
      302·
      1 year ago

      I believe the person that you’re replying to is talking about how Navalny is inherently a Russian Nationalist and had previously expressed support for the invasion of Ukraine. Also, of course he’s going to rail against the guy who’s unjustly imprisoning him and shit all over Putin’s invasion.

    • Cleverdawny@lemm.eeEnglish
      8·
      1 year ago

      He supported the 2014 invasion, not the 2022 invasion. So he’s still garbage. He just stinks less.

    • Jaysyn@kbin.social
      126·
      1 year ago

      He’s against it now because it’s showing Russia as the alcoholic morons they are.

      • 1chemistdown@kbin.social
        81·
        1 year ago

        He said all that stuff in court right after the start of the war. Like, there are transcripts of it.