NEW: Alexey Navalny, Russian Pres. Putin's most prominent opponent, was sentenced to an additional 19 years behind bars on extremism charges.
On the eve of Friday's verdict, Navalny said in a social media statement from behind bars that he expects a "Stalinist" sentence of about 18 years.
"When the figure is announced, please show solidarity with me and other political prisoners by thinking for a minute why such an exemplary huge term is necessary," Navalny wrote in the social media post on Thursday. "Its main purpose is to intimidate. You, not me. I'll even say this: you personally, who are reading these words.
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