I really need your letters and postcards," said Chanysheva in a brief address to press and her supporters from inside the defendant's cage following the ruling. "This is much easier to handle together with you. Prosecutors had requested a 12-year sentence, but Chanysheva acknowledged the lesser sentence was still a blow, given charges she denies and regards as a sham. Lilia Chanysheva, 41, was convicted in a closed trial in central Russia's republic of Bashkortostan of "creating an extremist organization" - charges her lawyer denounced as "purely political." MOSCOW - A Russian court sentenced a leading associate of opposition leader Alexei Navalny to 7 1/2 years in prison on extremism-related charges on Wednesday - the latest in a series of lengthy prison terms issued to political opponents of the Kremlin amid the war in Ukraine.
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