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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsКакой сюрприз.
Navalny sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison by Putin's kangaroo court.
Lord knows what they'll due to him in there during that time and what excuse they might give it.
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Bianna Golodryga @biannagolodryga
@navalny sentenced to a penal colony for 3 and a half years.
12:22 PM · Feb 2, 2021·Twitter for iPhone
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Какой сюрприз. (Original Post)
Tommy_Carcetti
Feb 2021
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soothsayer
(38,601 posts)1. Jeezus
BannonsLiver
(16,448 posts)2. He was a fool to go back
Russia isnt worth saving. And there was no way he was going to save it anyway.
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,198 posts)3. It's his country.
If he loves it, irrespective of who is in charge, and knows and accepts the consequences that might lie for him, I'm not going to second guess his decision, as inevitable as the outcome might have been.
BannonsLiver
(16,448 posts)4. All that can be true and he can still be a fool.
EndlessWire
(6,565 posts)5. What exactly did he do??
He had the audacity to survive a poisoning?
moondust
(20,006 posts)6. For "violating the conditions of a suspended sentence"
If I'm not mistaken he violated his parole by leaving Russia and going to Germany for medical treatment after being poisoned. Without that treatment in Germany he would likely be dead.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,192 posts)7. Sad