Feb 2, 2021
In this handout photo provided by Moscow City Court, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny stands in the cage today during a hearing to a motion from the Russian prison service to convert the suspended sentence of Navalny from the 2014 criminal conviction into a real prison term in the Moscow City Court in Moscow, Russia. (Moscow City Court via AP)
MOSCOW (AP) Opposition leader Alexei Navalny denounced a Moscow court hearing today on whether he should be sent to prison for years, calling it a vain attempt by the Kremlin to scare millions of Russians into submission.
The 44-year-old Navalny, an anti-corruption investigator who is the most prominent critic of President Vladimir Putin, was arrested Jan. 17 upon returning from Germany, where he spent five months recovering from a nerve-agent poisoning that he blames on the Kremlin. Russian authorities deny the charge and claim, despite tests by several European labs, that they have no proof he was poisoned.
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Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny faced a court hearing Tuesday that could end with him being sent to prison for years and fuel more protests against the Kremlin.
The 44-year-old Navalny, an anti-corruption investigator who is the most prominent critic of President Vladimir Putin, was arrested Jan. 17 upon returning from Germany, where he spent five months recovering from a nerve-agent poisoning that he blames on the Kremlin. Russian authorities deny the charge and claim, despite tests by several European labs, that they have no proof he was poisoned.
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A Moscow court on Tuesday ordered Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny to prison for more than 2½ years, finding that he violated the terms of his probation while recuperating in Germany from nerve-agent poisoning. The ruling ignited protests in Moscow and St. Petersburg.
Navalny, who is the most prominent critic of President Vladimir Putin, had denounced the proceedings as a vain attempt by the Kremlin to scare millions of Russians into submission.
After the verdict that was announced about 8 p.m., protesters converged on central Moscow and gathered on St. Petersburg’s main avenue, Nevsky Prospekt.
Helmeted riot police grabbed demonstrators without obvious provocation and put them in police vehicles. The Meduza website showed video of police roughly pulling a passenger and driver out of a taxi.
Alexei Navalny: Moscow court orders Kremlin foe Navalny to prison
A Moscow court on Tuesday ordered Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny to more than 2.5 years in prison on charges that he violated the terms of his probation while he was recuperating in Germany from nerve-agent poisoning.
Navalny, who is the most prominent critic of President Vladimir Putin, had earlier denounced the proceedings as a vain attempt by the Kremlin to scare millions of Russians into submission.
The prison sentence stems from a 2014 embezzlement conviction that he has rejected as fabricated.
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Alexei Navalny holds up a document in the Moscow City Court in Moscow, Russia.(AP)
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Posted: Feb 02, 2021 4:11 PM ET | Last Updated: February 3
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny makes a heart gesture with his hands while in a cage in the Moscow City Court on Tuesday. His suspended sentence from his 2014 criminal conviction was ultimately converted to a prison term.(Press Service of Simonovsky District Court/Handout/Reuters)