Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most vocal critic – Alexei Navalny – will spend more time in jail after being given a 9 year sentence for fraud, in what critics have described as a “sham” trial.  Navalny was jailed when he returned to Russia last year after surviving a poisoning he blamed on the Kremlin. A judge has found him guilty of stealing US$4.7 million of donations given to his now banned organisations, which will see him moved to a maximum-security jail in the east of the country. His spokeswoman, Kira Yarmysh, labelled his conviction “another monstrous crime being committed inside Russia.” This comes as Russia continues to bombard the Ukrainian city of Mariupol, which Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has described as a “city in ruins” with 100,000 who remain trapped inside it. He made another urgent appeal for humanitarian corridors to let people out. President Zelensky has also made an address to the Italian Parliament and says he’s appealed to Pope Francis for help in brokering a peace deal with Russia.