The judge opted to give Navalny less than the maximum fine allowed by law, which is 950,000 rubles ($13,000). Saturday’s decision came just hours after a previous conviction for embezzlement was upheld, during a hearing which took place in the exact same courtroom, and resulted in the opposition figure facing …
Read More »Jailed opposition figure Navalny to appear in Russian court to appeal fraud sentence & face verdict in WWII veteran ‘traitor’ case
The anti-corruption campaigner is facing over two-and-a-half years in a penal colony for reportedly breaching the terms of a suspended sentence handed down for his involvement in a 2014 scheme to defraud French cosmetics firm Yves Rocher. A court ruled in February that he had failed to regularly report to …
Read More »After being cancelled, Gina Carano’s ‘Mandalorian’ figure sells for big bucks as thousands demand she be rehired by Disney
Hasbro has announced it will no longer produce figures for Carano’s Cara Dune character from the popular Disney Plus series and even revealed this week plans for another production run were scrapped in the wake of her firing. “Due to recent events, Hasbro was no longer approved to produce any …
Read More »Russian opposition figure Navalny back in court for 3rd time in fortnight, as case over defamation of WWII veteran continues
The court hearing comes just ten days after the activist was sentenced to three-and-a-half years in jail, minus ten months already served, after being found guilty of breaking the terms of a suspended sentence, handed down for an embezzlement conviction in 2014. Navalny is being tried over accusations that he …
Read More »Russian opposition figure Navalny back in court for 3rd time in fortnight, as case over defamation of WWII veteran continues
The court hearing comes just ten days after the activist was sentenced to three-and-a-half years in jail, minus ten months already served, after being found guilty of breaking the terms of a suspended sentence, handed down for an embezzlement conviction in 2014. Navalny is being tried over accusations that he …
Read More »Russian opposition figure Navalny back in court, faces defamation charge after labeling World War II veteran a ‘traitor’
The country’s authorities opened the case against Navalny after he called 94-year-old Ignat Artemenko a “traitor” for appearing in a video, published by RT in Russian in June 2020, encouraging people to come out and vote in the upcoming plebiscite on proposed constitutional changes. The advertisement also included Russians from …
Read More »For second week running, wife of jailed opposition figure Alexey Navalny detained at unsanctioned protest in Moscow (VIDEO)
Footage available on social media shows several police officers placing Yulia into a van and driving away, as supporters chant her name. She was taking part in a protest staged on Sunday in Moscow to support her husband and is one of dozens taken into police custody in the capital. …
Read More »Protesters detained at rallies in support of jailed opposition figure Alexey Navalny in Russia’s Far East & Siberia (VIDEOS)
Around 250 people have rallied at a central square in the large Far Eastern city of Khabarovsk, according to the mayor’s office. The protesters demand that Navalny be released. The numbers are low compared to last year’s marches in support of former local governor Sergey Furgal, from the nationalist LDPR …
Read More »Associates of returning opposition figure Navalny among several detained at Moscow airport Vnukovo on Sunday
Lyubov Sobol and Ruslan Shaveddinov from Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) were detained at one of the cafes inside the airport, on Sunday, along with activist Konstantin Kotov. The reason for their arrests currently remains undisclosed. According to various media reports, around a dozen of Navalny’s supporters have so far been …
Read More »WATCH Russian opposition figure Navalny being detained at passport control at Moscow airport
The footage showed Navalny in a green coat being escorted by several uniformed police officers at the airport’s passport control area. He wasn’t handcuffed and didn’t resist law enforcement in any way. Russia’s prison authority has confirmed the detention of the activist and blogger over breaching the terms of his …
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