A Moscow court sentenced Kira Yarmysh, the spokeswoman of jailed opposition politician Aleksei Navalny, to 18 months of so-called “restricted freedom,” a parole-like sentence, for allegedly calling for the violation of anti-pandemic restrictions.
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RFE/RL: Navalny’s spokeswoman handed parole-like sentence in ‘sanitary case’
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny's spokeswoman Kira Yarmysh enters the Savyolovsky district court prior to a hearing into her case in Moscow on Jan. 22, 2021.
