According to a Russian News Agency local time on the 20th, the Moscow City Court announced on the 20th that it rejected his appeal against the opposition figure Navalny, upheld the first instance sentence to change Navalny’s probation into prison execution, and announced a 3.5-year sentence.
Considering the previous time of home confinement and detention center, Navalny will face a 2.5-year prison sentence and is expected to be sent to prison next week.
Navalny’s lawyer said that he would be released from prison from late July to early August 2023.
Navalny is a well-known Russian opposition figure. He has been sentenced for fraud and money laundering, and has been suspended until the end of December 2020.
In January 2021, the Russian Federal Prison Service said that Navalny violated probation regulations on many occasions during 2020.
Navalny, who returned to Russia on January 17, 2021, was arrested at Sheremetyevo Airport in Moscow.
