Russian court hearing decides whether Navalny to be sidelined from politics with jail sentence
Putin critic Navalny sentenced to prison for more than 2 years Isabelle Khurshudyan and Robyn Dixon, The Washington Post Feb. 2, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail MOSCOW - Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was ordered to spend the next 32 months in prison Tuesday as he defiantly denounced President Vladimir Putin and said his supporters will not be intimidated by widening Kremlin crackdowns. Hours after the verdict, protesters heeded Navalny's call. Several thousand people marched through central Moscow and St. Petersburg, chanting "Russia without Putin" and "Freedom." Riot police detained hu...