Russian opposition chief Alexei Navalny used to be convicted of fraud and contempt of courtroom and sentenced to 9 years in a most safety jail on Tuesday.

A pass judgement on additionally dominated that Navalny must pay a high quality of one.2 million rubles (about $11,500).

Navalny is lately serving some other jail sentence of two 1/2 years in a jail colony east of Moscow. His mates have stated the brand new trial used to be supposed to stay Navalny, President Vladimir Putin’s longtime foe, at the back of bars for so long as imaginable. Navalny has rejected the costs as bogus.