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3 Navalny lawyers sentenced to prison in Russia

17 January 2025 12:54 (UTC +04:00)

Three defense lawyers for Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny, who died in custody in 2024, were sentenced in Russia on Friday to between 3.5 and 5.5 years in prison, APA reports citing Deutsche Welle.

Vadim Kobzev, Igor Sergunin, and Alexei Liptser were arrested in October 2023 and added to an official list of "terrorists and extremists" the following month.

Kobzev was sentenced to five and a half years in a penal colony. Liptser received five years and Sergunin three and a half.

The lawyers are accused of belonging to an extremist organization. Navalny's networks were deemed extremist following a 2021 ruling that outlawed his organizations as extremist groups.