A Russian court handed down prison sentences of between 42 and 66 months Friday to three lawyers of the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny after they were convicted of aiding his Anti ...

Vadim Kobzev, Igor Sergunin and Alexei Liptser were already in custody and were given sentences ranging from 3 1/2 to five ...

Three lawyers for the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny were found guilty by a Russian court on Friday of participating in an "extremist organisation" and sentenced to years in jail.

By Mark Trevelyan LONDON (Reuters) -Three lawyers for the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny were found guilty by a Russian court on Friday of belonging to an extremist group and sentenced to years ...

Vadim Kobzev, Igor Sergunin and Alexei Liptser were jailed from 3 1/2 to 5 1/2 years. They were arrested in 2023 on charges of involvement with extremist groups, as Navalny’s networks were deemed by ...

The trio were arrested as authorities intensified pressure on the jailed Kremlin critic, who died last February.

A UN independent human rights expert on Tuesday called for an end to Russia’s severe crackdown on the legal profession, ...

A court in Russia’s Vladimir region has sentenced three former lawyers of late opposition leader Alexey Navalny to prison ...

Vadim Kobzev, Igor Sergunin and Alexei Liptser were already in custody and were given sentences ranging from 3 1/2 to five years by a court in the town of Petushki, about 100 kilometers (60 miles ...

Lawyers Igor Sergunin, from left, Alexei Liptser and Vadim Kobzev, all who once represented late opposition leader Alexei Navalny, stand in a courtroom in Petushki, Vladimir region, about 120 ...