Putin Opponent Navalny Appeals Five-Year Prison Term in Kirov
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A Russian court began hearing an appeal by Alexey Navalny, a leading opponent of President Vladimir Putin, against a five-year prison sentence.
Navalny, 37, who in the past two years helped organize the biggest demonstrations against Putin’s 13-year rule, was convicted of embezzling from a state timber company in Kirov, 900 kilometers (560 miles) northeast of Moscow, on July 18.