Jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny appeared before a Russian court to defend himself against new charges of extremism that could extend his prison term by decades
Navalny, 47, is already serving sentences totalling 11-1/2 years, and is now facing an array of charges linked to alleged "extremist" activity. Acquittals of opposition figures are practically unheard of in Russia.
But the feed was later cut, and a court spokesperson said further proceedings would take place behind closed doors. The Kremlin says his case is purely a judicial matter. "We are not following this trial," Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.As reporters waited for news from the hearing, Navalny's camp announced a new campaign to turn Russian public opinion against Putin and the war in Ukraine.
"We will conduct an election campaign against war. And against Putin. Just that. A long, stubborn, exhausting but fundamentally important campaign where we will turn people against the war," he said. "Our activities, of course, will be declared illegal and subversive. All the forces of the state apparatus will be thrown into the fight against it," Navalny said.
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