Kirov, Russia: Alexei Navalny, one of the Russian opposition's leading figures and a strong critic of President Vladimir Putin, has been sentenced to five years in prison today.
Navalny was found guilty of embezzlement in a case that he and his supporters claimed was politically driven to try to shut down the vehement Kremlin critic and intimidate his supporters.
Navalny was found guilty of heading a group that embezzled 16 million rubles (500,000 dollars) worth of timber from state-owned company Kirovles in 2009 while he worked as an unpaid adviser to the provincial governor in Kirov, about 760 kilometers east of Moscow.
Navalny was found guilty of embezzlement in a case that he and his supporters claimed was politically driven to try to shut down the vehement Kremlin critic and intimidate his supporters.
Navalny was found guilty of heading a group that embezzled 16 million rubles (500,000 dollars) worth of timber from state-owned company Kirovles in 2009 while he worked as an unpaid adviser to the provincial governor in Kirov, about 760 kilometers east of Moscow.
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