Moscow Court Sentences Navalny to 9 Years in Prison in Fraud, Contempt of Court Case
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POKROV, Russia (Sputnik) - A Moscow district court has sentenced jailed opposition figure Alexey Navalny to nine years in a strict-regime penal colony in a criminal case of fraud and contempt of court, judge Margarita Kotova said on Tuesday.
"[The prison] term is nine years .... [in a] strict-regime [colony]," the judge said.
The opposition figure has also been fined 1.2 million rubles ($11,527).
Navalny's lawyer said the court's decision will be appealed.
The prosecutors were seeking 13-year imprisonment and a fine of 1.2 million rubles for Navalny on charges of fraud and contempt of court. Earlier in the day, the court issued a guilty sentence on Navalny.
© Sputnik
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