Alexei Navalny jailed, declares Putin 'the Underwear Poisoner'

ReutersPublished: Feb 3, 2021 2:59 AM | Updated: Feb 3, 2021 3:13 AM

A Russian court jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny on Tuesday, ignoring the West in a ruling the opposition politician blamed on President Vladimir Putin’s personal hatred and fear of him.

The Moscow court handed Navalny a three-and-a-half-year sentence, but his lawyer said the anti-corruption blogger would actually serve two years and eight months in jail because of time already spent under house arrest.

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