World News Russian Court Finds Putin Critic Alexei Navalny Guilty In Retrial 12:48pm February 08, 2017 by Bill Chappell As the findings were announced, Navalny, a popular blogger, tweeted images and said the new verdict seemed to be copied from an earlier trial.
World News Russian Opposition Figure Detained Hours After Suspended Sentence 5:49pm December 30, 2014 by Krishnadev Calamur Alexei Navalny broke his house arrest after he was convicted of fraud and given a 3 1/2-year suspended sentence. Navalny was a leader of the protests by opposition groups in Moscow three years ago.