A court in the Russian city of Kostroma on June 22 sentenced in absentia the former coordinator of jailed opposition politician Aleksei Navalny's team in the city. Aleksandr Zykov received five years in prison on a charge of distributing "false" information about Russian armed forces involved in Moscow’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine. Zykov said on Facebook that the court also barred him from administering social networks for three years. Zykov left Russia in January last year and resides currently in the Netherlands. To read the original story by Current Time, click here.
Navalny Associate Aleksandr Zykov Sentenced To Five Years In Prison In Absentia
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