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Russian Court Sentences Exiled Nawalny Ally Leonid Wolkow to 18 Years

Moscow’s extremist branding of Nawalny’s network underscores its yearslong crackdown on dissent.

Leonid Wolkow, Vertrauter des in russischer Haft gestorbenen Kreml-Kritikers Alexej Nawalny, ist in Abwesenheit zu 18 Jahren Haft verurteilt worden. Wolkow, der seit 2019 im Ausland im Exil lebt, wurde unter anderem wegen "Verbreitung falscher Informationen" über die russische Armee schuldig gesprochen.

Overview

  • A military tribunal in June convicted Leonid Wolkow in absentia of spreading false information about the Ukraine war and justifying terrorism.
  • Wolkow received an 18-year prison term and a two million ruble fine despite residing in exile in Lithuania.
  • Russian authorities classify Alexej Nawalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation as extremist, enabling harsher penalties for its members.
  • Since Nawalny’s death in a penal colony in February 2024, former lawyers and journalists linked to his movement have also been sentenced to prison.
  • Western diplomats have decried the trials and attended hearings as part of growing international concern over Russia’s repression of opposition voices.