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Russian opposition leader gets another 19 years. He is already serving 11 years

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny got another 19 years sentence in another case of extremism. He is already serving an 11.5-year sentence for fraud related to his Anti-Corruption Foundation. International groups have found the charges against Navalny without merit. Navalny who has had health problems, will now be transferred from a prison in Melekhovo, about 155 miles east of Moscow, to a remote penal colony.