(ANSA) - MOSCOW, MAY 17 - A Moscow court today began to examine on appeal the first-degree sentence with which in March Putin's main opponent, Alexiei Navalny, was sentenced to nine years in prison in a clearly political process. .
This was reported by the AFP, according to which Navalny takes part in the videoconference trial from the detention center number 2 in Pokrov, where he is being held.
On March 22, the opponent was convicted of misappropriating $ 4.7 million in donations to his political organizations, but the allegations are held to be of a political nature and come at a time when the Kremlin has further exacerbated repression. against the opposition.
Alexei Navalny has been in prison since January 2021 for another two-and-a-half-year sentence, also deemed to be a politician.
The opponent was arrested as soon as he set foot in Russia from Germany, where he had been treated for poisoning with a deadly neurotoxin that made fear for his life and for which Russian secret services are suspected.
The regional offices and the Navalny Anti-Corruption Foundation have been declared "extremists" by the Russian authorities, who continue to stifle all forms of dissent in the country.
(HANDLE).
