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Russia hands Navalny ally parole-like sentence over protests

by Daria Litvinova
| August 3, 2021 10:03 AM

MOSCOW (AP) — A court in Moscow on Tuesday sentenced a close ally of imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny to 1 1/2 years of parole-like restrictions in a controversial criminal case the government launched against opposition supporters after mass protests shook Russia this year.

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