Alexei Navalny: 1,000 arrested after protests over jailing of Russian opposition leader
by Andrew Roth in Moscow from on (#5DN8S)
Court locks up Putin's foe despite threat of protests and international condemnation
A Moscow court has sentenced Alexei Navalny to two years and eight months in a prison colony in a landmark decision for Vladimir Putin's crackdown on the country's leading opposition figure.
The move triggered marches in Moscow and the arrest of more than 1,000 protesters.
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