Russian prosecutors called on Tuesday for Kremlin critic and protest leader Alexei Navalny be jailed for 10 years as they appealed against a suspended sentence he received last year in a theft case, arguing it was “too soft.”
Navalny and his brother Oleg were convicted last year of stealing 30 million rubles — nearly $500,000 at the current exchange rate — from two firms, including an affiliate of the French cosmetics company Yves Rocher.
Both were given three-and-a-half year jail sentences. Oleg is serving his time in jail, while Navalny, who led street protests against Vladimir Putin in 2011 and 2012, was …read more
Source: Voice of America
