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A Russian court sentenced Aleksei Navalny, the jailed opposition leader and high-profile Putin critic, to nine years in prison.

Tuesday, March 22, 2022 9:20 AM EST

Prosecutors claimed that Mr. Navalny and his former Anti-Corruption Foundation had embezzled people's donations.

For President Vladimir Putin, the war against Ukraine has made the fiery opposition leader even more of a liability. Mr. Navalny has been urging Russians, via letters from jail that his lawyers post to social media, to protest the invasion.

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