Associate of Russian opposition leader Navalny sentenced to 9 years in prison for ‘extremism’

An associate of Kremlin critic and Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was sentenced to nine years in prison Friday in the latest crackdown against Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation.

Ksenia Fadeeva was previously found guilty in a closed trial of extremism charges and for working in an organization that infringes on the rights of citizens, according to Russian media outlets.