Friday, June 16, 2023

An associate of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny is sentenced to prison for extremism

Lilia Chanysheva gestures as she stands in a cage during a hearing in a courtroom of the Kirovskiy District Court in Ufa, Russia, June 14. "I am a politician, a woman who is being persecuted by men who are her opponents," she said in her final statement to the court earlier this month.

Lilia Chanysheva was sentenced to 7 1/2 years in prison in the latest in a series of lengthy prison terms handed down to Kremlin political opponents. Women are increasingly singled out for repression.

(Image credit: AP Photo)

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