Nawalny's lawyers condemned: political game or justice?

Nawalny's lawyers condemned: political game or justice?

In a controversial process in Russia, three lawyers of the late oppositional Alexej Nawalny were sentenced to long -term prison terms. Wadim Kobsew received five and a half years, Alexej Lipzer for five years and Igor Sergunin for three and a half years. All three lawyers were accused of working in an organization that is considered extremist. These allegations are closely linked to Nawalny's funds to combat corruption. Insiders report that the trial before the court in Petuschki took place in the exclusion of the public, which fueled the protests of the lawyers' supporters who were present again, who loudly showed their solidarity and described their lawyers as "heroes" as " ZDF reported.

The process and the convictions are not only legally, but also symbolically significant. The convictions fell from Nawalny's return to Russia on the anniversary after surviving the poisoning with the Novichok nerve poison. Nawalny had returned from Germany on January 17, 2021 and died in the criminal camp in February 2024 under unclear circumstances. His family accuses Russian President Vladimir Putin Murder. Loud crown the lawyers were arrested in October 2023, while the trials against Nawalny were still running, which supports the widespread assumption that the procedures are politically motivated. The lawyers are also said to have published confidential information from their client from custody, which led to the serious allegations.