While formally you are correct and Russian law makes distinction between terrorism and extremism, it is wrong to equate it to the Western legal framework. Yes,

While formally you are correct and Russian law makes distinction between terrorism and extremism, it is wrong to equate it to the Western legal framework. Yes, at the very abstract level both Russia and Western countries have a legal system based on some formal procedure. That’s also where the commonality ends. The laws used to incarcerate Navalny and condemn his organization were either unconstitutional or applied in an unconstitutional way. One unlawful decision does not make subsequent decisions based on it lawful, it just makes them look like ones. Independent court could have found that FBK is a legal organization and thus his lawyers did not actually break the law and we should not have spoken about „consequences“.