Russian court sentences Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny to three and half years in jail!

• Lawyer said the opposition politician would appeal against the ruling.

A Russian court sentenced Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny to three and a half years in jail on Tuesday after ruling he had violated the terms of his parole, but said that his prison term would be shortened for time he had served earlier under house arrest.

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Navalny, one of President Vladimir Putin's most prominent critics, was arrested at the Russian border on January 17 after returning from Germany where he had been recovering from being poisoned with a military-grade nerve agent.
Navalny's allies called on their supporters to immediately protest against the ruling in central Moscow.

Navalny's lawyer said the opposition politician would appeal against the ruling.

He will spend two years and eight months in jail instead of the full three-and-a-half-year term he was handed because of time under house arrest he has earlier served, his lawyer said on Tuesday.