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Vladimir Putin foe Alexei Navalny given nine-year prison sentence by Russian court
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been sentenced to nine years in a maximum-security prison after being convicted of fraud and contempt of court.
The prominent critic of Vladimir Putin was detained last year when he returned to Russia after surviving a poisoning he blamed on the Kremlin.
Navalny is already serving three and a half years in jail for breaking bail conditions while in hospital, but his sentence has now been extended.
He will serve a further seven years in a "strict regime penal colony".
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