Russia.. Nine years imprisonment for an ally of Navalny

The former coordinator of Alexei Navalny’s movement has been sentenced to nine years in prison after being found guilty of “extremism”, according to the team of Russia’s most prominent opposition.

Vadim Ostanin, who headed the Lieutenant General’s office, was put on trial Navalny in the city of Barnaul, Siberian Altai region, on charges of “participation in an extremist organization”.

In June 2021, the Russian judiciary classified organizations Alexei Navalny as “extremist”, which exposed his supporters to legal prosecutions and prompted dozens of them to flee the country to avoid imprisonment.

In December 2021, Ostanin, who preferred to stay in Russia, was arrested along with four other former officials of Navalny’s organization.

And the opposition team indicated today, Monday, that “Vadim Ustanin was prosecuted for legal political work … he talked about corrupt people and helped the residents of the Altai region force bureaucrats to work.”

Ustinin was pressured by investigators to force him to sign confessions in exchange for interviewing his relatives while he was in detention, but he refused to confess, according to what Navalny’s movement confirmed.

In a letter, Vadim Ostanin said he was being held in an unsanitary cell in Barnaul. Ostanin lost 15 kilograms in prison and suffers from back and head pain, according to Navalny’s team.

and faces Navalny exhibits Who was sentenced in 2022 to nine years in prison for “fraud”, a new sentence in August, which may reach an additional 20 years in prison.