Russian Court Jails Kremlin Critic Alexei Navalny

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4 February 2021 11:23 WIB

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny accused of flouting the terms of a suspended sentence for embezzlement attends a court hearing in Moscow, Russia February 2, 2021. A Russian court jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny on Tuesday (February 2) in a ruling which the opposition politician blamed on what he called President Vladimir Putin's hatred and fear of him. Press service of Moscow City Court/Handout via REUTERS

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Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, accused of flouting the terms of a suspended sentence for embezzlement, speaks with a lawyer before a court hearing in Moscow, Russia February 2, 2021. The Moscow court handed Navalny a three-and-a-half-year sentence but his lawyer said the anti-corruption blogger would serve only two years and eight months in jail because of time he has already spent under house arrest. Press service of Moscow City Court/Handout via REUTERS

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Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, accused of flouting the terms of a suspended sentence for embezzlement, writes inside a defendant dock during a court hearing in Moscow, Russia February 2, 2021. Navalny, one of Putin's most prominent critics, was arrested on Jan. 17 for alleged parole violations after returning from Germany where he had been recovering from being poisoned with a military-grade nerve agent. Press service of Moscow City Court/Handout via REUTERS

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Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, accused of flouting the terms of a suspended sentence for embezzlement, speaks with lawyers before a court hearing in Moscow, Russia February 2, 2021. Navalny said Russian state security agents had put the poison in his underpants, something the Kremlin denied. It has suggested that Navalny is a CIA asset, a charge he rejects, and has told the West to stay out of its domestic affairs. Press service of Moscow City Court/Handout via REUTERS

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Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, accused of flouting the terms of a suspended sentence for embezzlement, attends a court hearing in Moscow, Russia February 2, 2021. Press service of Moscow City Court/Handout via REUTERS

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A still image taken from video footage shows Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who is accused of flouting the terms of a suspended sentence for embezzlement, making a hand heart gesture during the announcement of a court verdict in Moscow, Russia February 2, 2021. Press Service of Simonovsky District Court/Handout via REUTERS

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