Putin critic Alexei Navalny found guilty of fraud, faces 13 years in prison

A Russian court on Tuesday found Kremlin critic and opposition leader Alexei Navalny guilty of fraud, state media report.

Navalny, who is already serving a two and a half year jail sentence for a theft case he claims is politically motivated, is now facing a 13-year prison sentence in a maximum security facility.

"Navalny committed fraud, i.e., the theft of someone else's property by deception," Judge Margarita Kotova said while announcing the verdict in a Moscow courtroom, according to Russian state media.

Navalny was convicted on allegations that he embezzled more than $4 million from his own nonprofit organization, the Anti-Corruption Foundation, as well as on charges of contempt of court.