A court in Russia’s second-largest city, St. Petersburg, has sentenced an artist who was attending a rally in January for jailed opposition politician Aleksei Navalny to three years in a colony settlement.
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RFE/RL: Artist caught up in pro-Navalny rally convicted, sentenced
A Russian riot police officer patrols near a police bus with an advertising photo reflecting on a window during a rally in support of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, in Moscow on April 21, 2021.