Russian Prosecutors Urge Navalny Jail Term as Protests Swell

Police detain more than 5,000 people at anti-Putin rallies
Second straight weekend of unrest in dozens of Russian cities

Alexey Navalny is escorted from a police station in Khimki, Russia, on Jan. 18.Photographer: Alexander Nemenov/AFP/Getty Images

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By Henry Meyer

February 1, 2021 at 8:16 AM UTC

Updated on

February 1, 2021 at 2:45 PM UTC

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Russian prosecutors demanded opposition leader Alexey Navalny’s imprisonment, a day after police detained record numbers of protesters against President Vladimir Putin for a second straight weekend.

The Prosecutor General’s Office said Monday it agreed with the Federal Penitentiary Service that Navalny had repeatedly violated the conditions of a suspended 3 1/2 year sentence for fraud and should receive a real prison term in response, according to a website statement.