Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been convicted of fraud and contempt of court and sentenced to nine years in a maximum security prison.
A Russian judge also ruled that Navalny would have to pay a fine of 1.2 million roubles (about £8,600).
Navalny is currently serving another prison sentence of two and a half years in a prison colony east of Moscow.
His associates have said the new trial was intended to keep Navalny, President Vladimir Putin’s long-time foe, behind bars for as long as possible.
Navalny has rejected the charges as bogus.
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