{"id":1058,"date":"2021-02-03T16:58:26","date_gmt":"2021-02-03T16:58:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/etrendsnews.com\/?p=1058"},"modified":"2021-02-03T16:58:34","modified_gmt":"2021-02-03T16:58:34","slug":"kremlin-critic-alexei-navalny-sentenced-to-imprisonment-in-the-penal-colony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/etrendsnews.com\/2021\/02\/03\/kremlin-critic-alexei-navalny-sentenced-to-imprisonment-in-the-penal-colony\/","title":{"rendered":"Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny sentenced to imprisonment in the penal colony"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Russian opposition politician<\/strong> Alexei Navalny has been imprisoned for several years – a Moscow court decided. Chancellor Merkel demands his immediate release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny has been sentenced to more than two years in a prison camp in Moscow. The competent court in the Russian capital<\/strong> ruled on Tuesday that the 44-year-old had to serve a three and a half year suspended sentence in a penal colony, with previous house arrest being deducted from the time. Navalny had violated probation conditions in a previous criminal case, the judge announced on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Immediately after the verdict was announced, supporters of President Vladimir Putin’s<\/strong> main adversary called for an immediate demonstration in Moscow on the online service Twitter. Thousands demonstrated in Moscow, hundreds of arrests were made. Read more about it here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The close confidante of Navalny Leonid Volkov tweeted<\/strong>: Putin tried to kill Navalny and imprisoned him because he survived. “Putin is ready to do anything for his palace. There is nothing in his head but greed, fear, and hatred.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A (ridiculous) 3.5 year sentence for @navalny. Since he has spent 1 yr under house arrest, he is to serve 2.5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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