Israeli Citizen Gets 3.5 Years in Russia for Donating to Navalny Group
Summarized from Haaretz English by baba
Sofia Rosenfeld, an Israeli-Russian dual citizen and ornithologist, has been sentenced to three and a half years in a Russian prison. The sentence is for donating about $30 in 2021 to Alexei Navalny's Anti-Corruption Foundation, which was banned as extremist. Rosenfeld has lived in Russia for over 30 years.
The story in 4 lines · by baba
- Sofia Rosenfeld, an Israeli-Russian citizen, received a 3.5-year prison sentence in Russia.
- The sentence is for a $30 donation made in 2021 to Alexei Navalny's banned Anti-Corruption Foundation.
- Rosenfeld is an ornithologist who has lived in Russia for over 30 years.
- Alexei Navalny, the foundation's founder, died in prison in 2024.
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