Russia’s leading opposition figure Alexei Navalny was sentenced Thursday to 15 days in custody for handing out leaflets in the subway.
A district court in Moscow ruled Thursday that Navalny, an anti-corruption crusader who spearheaded protests against President Vladimir Putin’s rule, violated the law when he campaigned on the subway for an unauthorized “anti-crisis” march on March 1.
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When a rally of several thousand protested the verdict in December just outside the Kremlin in the boldest anti-government rally in years, Navalny tried to attend but was rounded up by police who drove him home.