Research Committee Russia opened this thursday new criminal case against effective opponent Alexey Navalny extremism, terrorism, and “extradition to Nazism” for alleged crimes Despite being in prison since he returned to the country in January 2021.
“I can confirm that a new case has been filed against him,” his lawyer, Vadim Kobzev, told Interfax news agency. Navalni is charged with various crimes, including “incitement to extremism and terrorism”.disseminating terrorism-related propaganda, funding “extremist” activities and the “restitution of Nazism”.
Last March, the Lefortovo court in Moscow, after finding him guilty of fraud and contempt of court, sentenced him to nine years in a penal colony and fined him 1.2 million rubles (about 20,000 euros).
So the Investigation Committee accused both Navalni and his “accomplices” of stealing funds worth 2.6 million rubles (approximately 43,000 Euros) four citizens. Navalny is currently serving his sentence in a penal colony in Melehovo in the Vladimir region.
Russian rival reacted to the news with “sarcasm” and the Sherlock Holmes character has been compared to Professor Moriarty. “I am a genius from another world. Everyone believed that he was isolated in prison for two years, but it turned out that he was constantly committing crimes,” Navalni said on his Twitter account.
“Fortunately, the Investigative Committee was awake and nothing was lost. I received an official notification that there was a new criminal case against me because during my time in prison I promoted terrorism, encouraged extremism, financed extremist activities and I restored Nazism,” he said. .
Thus, he stated “Rarely has a criminal succeeded in being as free as he is behind bars.” “The only thing that overshadows my actions is my so-called accomplices. (…) I am the leader of a criminal organization and they are following my orders,” he said ironically.
Navalni’s spokesperson, Kira Yarmish, confirmed the new case had been opened and said investigators “thought he continued to lead an extremist community from a penal colony”.
Source: Informacion
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