A Russian military court has sentenced Ukrainian Iryna Navalna, 26, to eight years in prison on charges of attempting to commit a terrorist attack and illegal possession of weapons, independent media outlet Mediazona reported on October 7. Her lawyer, Ivan Bondarenko, told the Rostov-on-Don court that a witness had denied seeing Navalna commit any crime. Navalna denied wrongdoing and claimed she had been tortured in custody. Her mother said the woman was mocked and harassed because of her last name, although she has no relation to late activist Aleksei Navalny or his widow, Yulia Navalnaya. Russian authorities have cracked down on any dissent since the 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine, often using questionable charges. To read the original story by Current Time, click here.
