"It's going to be a huge term. This is what's called a "Stalinist" term. They asked for 20 years so they will give 18 or something around it. It doesn't really matter, because the terrorism case is on the way. I could get another 10 years there. So my first request is. When the figure is announced, please show solidarity with me" (cont.)
And some surprising reactions in #Moscow to the #Navalny verdict - this from pro- #Kremlin analyst Sergey #Markov :
"What Navalny got is horrific. Or even horror horror horror. It's not just 19 years. This is a special regime, which means the most severe conditions.
No letters or dates for the first 10 years of it.
Either solitary confinement, and if with a cellmate, then it is forbidden to talk, under the threat of a punishment cell...
Light is on all the time "