1703866958 Russia Ally of opponent Alexei Navalny sentenced to nine years

Russia: Ally of opponent Alexei Navalny sentenced to nine years in prison

The 31-year-old young woman, whose trial began in August, had led the team of the Russian opponent in the city of Tomsk.

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Published on December 29, 2023 3:06 p.m. Updated on December 29, 2023 3:36 p.m

Reading time: 1 minKsenia Fadeïeva takes part in an interview with AFP in the Siberian city of Tomsk on September 7, 2020.  (ALEXANDER NEMENOV / AFP)

Ksenia Fadeïeva takes part in an interview with AFP in the Siberian city of Tomsk on September 7, 2020. (ALEXANDER NEMENOV / AFP)

An ally of jailed Russian opponent Alexei Navalny, accused of “founding an extremist organization,” was sentenced to nine years in prison in Tomsk, Siberia, on Friday, December 29, according to her supporters. Her defense assured that she would “of course appeal against this decision”. “What happened during this trial has nothing to do with justice,” his lawyers Semion Vodnev and Kirill Teriokhine said in a video broadcast by independent media Sota on Telegram.

Ksenia Fadeyeva, 31, whose trial began in August, had led Alexei Navalny's team in Tomsk. She was elected to the Tomsk city council in 2020 along with other independent activists in Siberia, a rare success for the Russian opposition at the time.

In 2021, Alexei Navalny's campaign teams were labeled “extremist” by authorities, putting the opponent's supporters and collaborators at risk of criminal prosecution. Although many of them left Russia, Ksenia Fadeyeva refused to go into exile and was arrested in December 2021.

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