Putin critic Navalny sentenced to 9 years jail

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A Russian court has sentenced jailed Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny to nine years in prison on fraud charges – a ruling that will keep Putin’s most prominent domestic opponent out of active politics for years ahead.

Navalny, who was also found guilty of contempt of court, is already serving a two-and-a-half-year sentence at a prison camp east of Moscow for parole violations related to charges he has dismissed as politically motivated, Al Jazeera reports.

He had pleaded not guilty to the latest criminal case brought against him.

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