Russia jails opposition leader
Updated: 2013-07-19 10:49
(Agencies)
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People protest in St. Petersburg, against a court verdict in Kirov sentencing Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny to five years in jail, July 18, 2013. Navalny was sentenced to five years in jail for theft on Thursday, an unexpectedly tough punishment which supporters said proved Russia's President Vladimir Putin was a dictator ruling by repression. [Photo/Agencies] |
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