Associated Press: Putin says Navalny deserved prison sentence

By Associated Press.

Published June 16, 2021. Updated June 16 at 8:23 pm

A protester holding a posterb that reads "release Navalny" takes part in a demonstration in support of Russian opposition leader and blogger Alexei Navalny in Prague on April 21, 2021.

Photo by AFP

GENEVA — Russian President Vladimir Putin says opposition leader Alexei Navalny got what he deserved when he was handed a prison sentence.