Russia defies the West and jails Putin critic Alexei Navalny for 30 days
The activist could go to jail for more than three years if found guilty of breaching the terms of a suspended sentence
18 January 2021 - 16:30
Moscow — A Russian court ordered opposition leader Alexei Navalny, detained on Sunday on arrival from Germany where he had been recovering from a poisoning attack, jailed for 30 days, defying US and European calls to free him.
The activist faces as much as three-and-a-half years in prison at a hearing set for February 2 on charges he breached the terms of a suspended sentence. In a makeshift courtroom in a police station outside Moscow on Monday, a judge ordered Navalny held until February 15 for those alleged violations...
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