Vadim Kobzev, Igor Sergunin and Alexei Liptser were already in custody and were given sentences from 3 1/2 to five years by a court in the town of Petushki, about 100 kilometers (60 miles) east of Moscow

Russia has sentenced three lawyers who had defended Alexei Navalny to several years in prison for bringing messages from the late opposition leader from prison to the outside world.

Russia sentences Navalny's lawyers to prison for sharing messages, sparking fears of increased persecution of legal representatives.

MOSCOW: Russia on Friday (Jan 17) sentenced three lawyers who had defended Alexei Navalny to several years in prison for bringing messages from the late opposition leader fr

Russia seeks to punish Navalny's associates since his death in an Arctic prison colony last year

Vadim Kobzev, Igor Sergunin and Alexei Liptser were jailed from three and a half to five years.

Lawyers representing the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny have been sentenced to prison terms for their involvement in what authorities have labeled an "extremist organization."

Human rights groups say the sentencing of Navalny's associates shows the Kremlin is continuing to crack down on opposition to Putin's rule and his war in Ukraine.

Vadim Kobzev, Igor Sergunin and Alexei Liptser were jailed from three and a half to five years.

3 attorneys were sentenced for helping the Vladimir Putin critic share his messages while he was behind bars.

Three lawyers for the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny were found guilty by a Russian court on Friday of participating in an "extremist organisation" and sentenced to years in jail.

Three lawyers who once represented the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny have been jailed in Russia as part of the Kremlin’s crackdown on dissent that has reached levels unseen since Soviet times.

Vadim Kobzev, Igor Sergunin and Alexei Liptser, who once represented the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny, were all jailed for several years each by a court in the town of Petushki

Jan. 17 (UPI) -- A Russian court handed down prison sentences of between 42 and 66 months Friday to three lawyers of the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny after they were convicted of aiding his Anti Corruption Foundation, which authorities have designated an "extremist" organization.