Putin Critic Navalny Stays Free as Court Suspends Sentence
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A Russian court suspended a five-year prison sentence for Alexey Navalny, potentially barring the leading opponent of President Vladimir Putin from political office while leaving him a free man.
Navalny, 37, who in the past two years helped organize the biggest demonstrations against Putin’s 13-year rule, won’t serve the prison term though the appeal judge in the city of Kirov upheld his conviction for embezzlement at a hearing today.