18 Jul 2013 12:32

Navalny sentenced to five years in prison

KIROV. July 18 (Interfax) - The Leninsky District Court in Kirov has found opposition activist Alexei Navalny guilty of embezzlement of property belonging to the state-run timber company Kirovles and sentenced him to five years in prison, in line with a sentence Judge Sergei Blinov handed down on Thursday, an Interfax correspondent reported from the courtroom.