The press service of the Moscow City Court, which today sentenced Alexei Navalny to 19 years in prison at an off-site hearing in IK-6 in the Vladimir Region, said that today there is «no point in waiting for official information about the verdict.»
“Ladies and gentlemen, there will be no comments from the representative of the State Prosecution today. For today, most likely — everything, there is no point in waiting. <…> So far, as of today, we have no more comments,” said press secretary Vadim Polezhaev.
During the meeting in the Vladimir colony, journalists were allocated a separate office, in which the broadcast from the meeting room was turned on. It was actually impossible to hear the announcement of the verdict, which is why before the lawyers left the colony, the exact terms to which Navalny and the former technical director of the Navalny LIVE YouTube channel Daniel Kholodny were sentenced were not known.
Press representative service, Anastasia told reporters that the exact information would be published in the Moscow City Court's chat with journalists, so that «everyone would have equal access to information at the same time.»