On Monday, the Moscow City Court will start examining a new case against Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. There are seven charges against him, including "extremism."
Ednews informs via DW that Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny is accused of "extremism" and a number of other crimes according to Russia's Criminal Code, which was amended in 2022.
The trial will take place at the penal colony in the Vladimir region east of Moscow where the opposition figure is already serving a nine-year sentence for fraud and contempt of court.
Navalny himself has said that he faces up to 30 years in prison on the new charges. His associates also fear a harsh verdict. "We assume that the trial will be over relatively quickly, and Alexei will really be sentenced to an unimaginable prison term of around 30 years," Navalny's spokesperson Kira Yarmysh said.