A Moscow court jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny for 10 days on Mo...
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who is charged with participation in an unauthorised protest rally, addresses journalists after a court hearing in Moscow, Russia July 1, 2019. REUTERS/Tatyana Makeyeva
The Kremlin critic was among more than 500 protesters detained by police while rallying in Moscow to call for the punishment of police officers involved in the alleged framing of a journalist. The authorities had hoped freeing Golunov and promising punishment for those who allegedly framed him would appease his supporters but they decided to go ahead with a protest nonetheless.
Navalny, Russia’s most prominent opposition figure, has served several stints in jail in recent years for organizing anti-government demonstrations.
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