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Russian court finds jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny guilty in fraud case

Navalny, who is already serving a 2.5-year sentence for parole violations, was sentenced to an additional nine years in a high-security prison. He has vowed to keep fighting.

A Moscow court has found President Vladimir Putin's most vocal critic guilty of fraud, according to Russian state media.

State-owned news agency TASS reported on Tuesday that Moscow's Lefortovo Court found Alexei Navalny guilty of "fresh fraud charges." It has sentenced the opposition leader, who is already in jail, to an additional nine years in a high-security prison.

"Navalny committed fraud, that is embezzlement of other people's property through deception," Judge Margarita Kotova read from the verdict, according to TASS. State news agency that Kotova was

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