Israeli Scientist Sentenced to 3½ Years in Russian Prison Over Less Than $30 in Donations to Putin Opponent Navalny
Israeli-Russian scientist Sofia Rosenfeld has been sentenced to three and a half years over two tiny donations to Alexei Navalny’s anti-corruption foundation. Her family says the automatic payments continued while she was researching in the Arctic, unaware the group had been banned. Now her father is seeking Israel’s help as her lawyers prepare an appeal.