INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
ordered a nine-year sentence against Ksenia Fadeyeva" for extremism, her supporters' Telegram channel said, adding the defense would
appeal.Lawyers and supporters denounced the trial as a sham."What happened in this trial has nothing to do with justice," lawyer Semyon
Vodnev said in a video posted by SOTA media, adding the defense had been "bullied."State prosecutors had requested a 10.5-year sentence for
public."Ksenia did not commit any crime, she is a brave politician who has been fighting against Putin's corrupt regime," the
Anti-Corruption Foundation said in reaction to the verdict.Moscow has used laws on "terrorist" and "extremist" bodies to hand out years-long
jail sentences to critics, including Navalny himself.Navalny galvanized huge nationwide protests in Russia before he was jailed in 2021 on
fraud charges after returning from Germany, where he was recovering from a poisoning attack.He saw his sentence extended to 19 years on
charges.Vadim Ostanin, the head of Navalny's office in Barnaul, was imprisoned for nine years on "extremism" charges.AFP contributed
