His lawyer Nikos Paraskevov said on Twitter that the Russian court sentenced the brother of the Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny to a one-year probation on Friday for inciting people to violate Covid-19 restrictions.
Oleg Navalny was detained in January as part of a widespread repression of his brothers and allies. Before easing the conditions of detention, he was initially placed under house arrest for ignoring Covid-19 restrictions.
Several allies of Navalny, President Vladimir Putin’s most outspoken critic in Russia, face similar charges.
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Navalny ally Lyubov Sobol was sentenced by the court this week to a 1-1/2-year parole restriction because she committed the same crime.
Alexei Navalny has served 2-1/2 years in prison for violating parole regulations in a fabricated embezzlement case. Navalny’s allies accused the authorities of using the judiciary to suppress opposition before the September parliamentary elections.
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