Coverage dated January 16, 2025

Russia sentences Navalny lawyers to years behind bars

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Russia seeks to punish Navalny's associates since his death in an Arctic prison colony last year

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  1. The Boston Globe

    Thee lawyers for the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny are jailed by a Russian court (opens The Boston Globe)

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    Vadim Kobzev, Igor Sergunin, and Alexei Liptsen were jailed from 3 1/2 to five years.

  2. NBC News

    Three Navalny lawyers sentenced to years in Russian penal colony for ‘extremist activity’ (opens NBC News)

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    Three lawyers for the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny were found guilty by a Russian court on Friday of belonging to an extremist group and sentenced to years in a penal colony.

  3. Al Jazeera

    Russia hands jail sentences to three Navalny lawyers (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    Lawyers face up to five years in jail on charges of links to Navalny’s groups, which the Kremlin deems ‘extremist’.

  4. Deutsche Welle

    Russia: 3 Navalny lawyers sentenced to prison – DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Deutsche Welle's feed description

    A Russian court has sentenced three lawyers of the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny to between 3.5 and 5.5 years in prison. They were found guilty of belonging to an extremist group, media reported.

  5. Voice of America

    Russia sentences Navalny lawyers to years behind bars (opens Voice of America)

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    Voice of America's feed description

    Russia seeks to punish Navalny's associates since his death in an Arctic prison colony last year

  6. Daily Journal

    3 lawyers for the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny are jailed by a Russian court (opens Daily Journal)

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    Daily Journal's feed description

    PETUSHKI, Russia (AP) — Three lawyers who once represented the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny were convicted by a court Friday as part of the Kremlin’s crackdown on dissent that has reached levels unseen since Soviet times.

  7. UPI

    Navalny's lawyers sentenced to prison terms of up to five-and-a-half years on 'extremism' charges (opens UPI)

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    A Russian court handed down prison sentences of between 42 and 66 months Friday to three lawyers of the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny after they were convicted of aiding his Anti Corruption Foundation.

  8. Green Field Reporter

    3 lawyers for the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny are jailed by a Russian court - The Daily Reporter (opens Green Field Reporter)

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    PETUSHKI, Russia (AP) — Three lawyers who once represented the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny were convicted by a court Friday as part of the Kremlin’s crackdown on dissent that has reached levels unseen since Soviet times.

  9. WHEC Rochester

    3 lawyers for the late Kremlin foe Alexei Navalny are convicted and sentenced to prison (opens WHEC Rochester)

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    WHEC Rochester's feed description

    Three lawyers who once represented the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny have been jailed in Russia as part of the Kremlin’s crackdown on dissent that has reached levels unseen since Soviet times.

  10. CNN

    Russia convicts lawyers for late Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny (opens CNN)

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    CNN's feed description

    Three lawyers for Alexey Navalny, the Kremlin critic who died last year in an Arctic prison, have been found guilty by a Russian court of belonging to an extremist group and jailed for several years.

  11. The Guardian

    Russia gives Navalny lawyers multi-year sentences for relaying his messages (opens The Guardian)

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    Verdicts against trio suggest legal representatives are latest target of Kremlin’s crackdown on dissent

  12. CBS News

    Russia sentences late opposition leader Alexey Navalny (opens CBS News)

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    Russia sentenced three lawyers who had defended Alexei Navalny to several years in prison for sharing his messages from prison with the outside world.

  13. Los Angeles Times

    3 lawyers for the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny sentenced are by Russian court (opens Los Angeles Times)

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    Lawyers who represented the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny are sentenced in a Kremlin crackdown on dissent at levels unseen since Soviet times.

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