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posted by CoolHand on Saturday February 11 2017, @10:19PM   Printer-friendly
from the in-soviet-russia-money-embezzles-you dept.

A prominent Putin critic has been found guilty of embezzlement:

Russia's main opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, has been found guilty of embezzlement, local media report. A judge is still reading the verdict in the city of Kirov, but news agencies said it was clear in his remarks that Mr Navalny had been convicted. Even a suspended sentence would bar him from running for president next year.

An outspoken critic of President Vladimir Putin, Mr Navalny has denied the accusations, saying the case is politically motivated. A sentence in the retrial, ordered after a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights, may take hours to be read out. Prosecutors had asked the judge to hand Mr Navalny a five-year suspended sentence.

In Putin's Russia, you either die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain.

Also at Washington Post, NPR, RT, and Reuters.

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  • (Score: 2) by Refugee from beyond on Sunday February 12 2017, @08:04AM

    by Refugee from beyond (2699) on Sunday February 12 2017, @08:04AM (#466058)

    Basically, they declared him guilty in the past. European Court of Human Rights said “no.” Russia paid damages and made a retrial using a heavy amount of copy/paste and denying basically everything defendant tried to present as his defense because they felt like it. Presidential elections in 2018 might have something to do with decision.

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