Tuesday 17 May 2022 11:31 AM Gaunt-looking Putin foe Alexei Navalny asks to see his family as he appears on ... trends now
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Jailed Putin critic Alexei Navalny today asked a judge to see his family as he appeared in a court video link to appeal a nine-year prison sentence that will see him sent to a brutal penal colony in Russia.
The gaunt-looking opposition leader joined a hearing at a Moscow court remotely from behind bars at his prison colony to appeal the extension of his jail term.
Navalny in late March had his sentence extended to nine years after he was found guilty of embezzlement and contempt of court, charges that he and his allies say are politically motivated.
He is already serving a two-and-a-half years in a prison some 60 miles (100 kilometres) east of Moscow for violating parole on old fraud charges.
Wearing a black prisoner uniform, Navalny on Tuesday asked the judge to postpone the hearing by a week so he can have a family meeting before being moved to a brutal colony where he will only be allowed to see his loved ones on rare occasions.
The gaunt-looking opposition leader joined a hearing at a Moscow court remotely from behind bars at his prison colony to appeal the extension of his jail term
Jailed Putin critic Alexei Navalny today asked a judge to see his family as he appeared in a court video link to appeal a nine-year prison sentence that will see him sent to a brutal penal colony in Russia
The judge said the hearing will continue today but the verdict will be announced after Navalny's planned
