The Khoroshevsky district court in Moscow has sentenced two members of late opposition politician Aleksei Navalny's team on extremism charges. Alina Olekhnovich, 21, and Ivan Trofimov, 22, each were sentenced on March 14 to 3 1/2 years in prison. The activists were arrested in July 2023. Investigators say they were linked to an underground network of Navalny's teams "involved in disruptive activities." Russia labeled Navalny's Anti-Corruption Foundation and other organizations linked to him as extremist and banned them in June 2021, after which the network of Navalny's teams was dissolved and many of the Kremlin critic's associates fled Russia. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Russian Service, click here.
Navalny Associates Sentenced To Prison On Extremism Charges In Moscow
People lay flowers at the grave of Russian opposition politician Aleksei Navalny following his funeral in Moscow on March 1.