“We opposed the Stasi, StB, Securitate and other security agencies during Communism. We must stand against the show trials and convictions of Alexei Navalny. Putin’s regime is a disgrace. A manipulation. An insult to the integrity of the Russian people. It is time to stand up to Putin’s massively corrupt system. The hour has struck to get rid of him.”
Prof. Marc S. Ellenbogen
President, the Prague Society
Chair, Global Panel Foundation
Member of the National Advisory Board, US Democratic Party (2004-2010)
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On Tuesday, the Moscow City Court replaced Alexei Navalny’s suspended sentence with a 3.5-year in a federal penal colony.
More information about the detention of Alexei Navalny on CNN:
https://edition.cnn.com/2021/02/02/europe/alexey-navalny-russia-court-hearing-intl/index.html