Prominent Russian opposition leaders and officials of the United States and European Union have condemned the verdict against Alexei Navalny and his brother Oleg as a disturbing and politically motivated decision intended to silence the main critic of President Vladimir Putin.
Earlier Tuesday, a Russian court found Navalny guilty of defrauding a French cosmetics company of at least $500,000. The 38-year-old lawyer and blogger received a three-and-a-half-year suspended prison sentence, while his brother Oleg received the same sentence, but was sent to jail.
Russian opposition see the verdict as witch-hunt. In an interview with the Voice of America Russian Service, former prime …read more
Source: Voice of America
