Posted 1/16/2024, 4:47:08 PM
Anti-Kremlin Lawyers Face Mounting Pressure
- Lawyer for jailed Kremlin critic Navalny charged with extremism in absentia after leaving Russia
- Three other Navalny lawyers jailed in October 2023 on same charges, ordered to remain in detention until at least March
- Navalny himself convicted of extremism last year, given 19-year sentence
- His organizations labeled extremist, outlawed in 2021
- Authorities accuse lawyers of acting as intermediaries between Navalny and his "extremist group" while defending him