The Russian dissident Alexei Navalny has lost his appeal: the Russian justice has confirmed his sentence of nine years in prison.
“A madman has put his claws on Ukraine and I don’t know what he wants to do with it, this mad thief,” said the Russian opponent, lashing out directly at President Vladimir Putin, during a video link from the penal colony where he is. detained with the courtroom where the decision to dismiss his appeal was expressed.
“This is a stupid war that your Putin has started – said Navalny -. It is a war built on lies,” he added. “What do you want to achieve? Do you want control in the short term, fight with future generations, fight for the future of Russia? You will all suffer a historic defeat.”
Source: Ansa
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