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Moscow court orders Kremlin foe Navalny to prison

by Daria LitvinovaVladimir Isachenkov
| February 3, 2021 12:16 AM

MOSCOW (AP) — A Moscow court on Tuesday ordered Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny to prison for more than 2 1/2 years, finding that he violated the terms of his probation while recuperating in Germany from nerve-agent poisoning. The ruling ignited protests in Moscow and St. Petersburg.

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