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Tuesday, December 30, 2014

Navalny says Putin's regime must be destroyed, Russian opposition leader calls for mass protests.


Navalny says Putin's regime must be destroyed, Russian opposition leader calls for mass protests. (AlJazeera).

Russia's top opposition leader Alexei Navalny has called for mass protests to "destroy" President Vladimir Putin's regime after a court handed him a suspended sentence and jailed his brother in a controversial fraud case.


At a hearing that was abruptly brought forward by two weeks, a Moscow judge on Tuesday found both Navalny and his brother Oleg guilty of embezzlement and sentenced them to three and a half years in what is widely seen as a politically motivated case.

But while Navalny's sentence was suspended, his younger brother, who is not involved in politics, was ordered to serve the time behind bars in what observers saw as an attempt to muzzle the Kremlin critic ahead of the 2018 presidential election by taking his brother hostage.

Being subjected of a suspended sentence also means Navalny will not be able to run for office.

"This regime does not just destroy its political opponents... now they target, torture and torment the relatives of its political opponents," the 38-year-old Navalny said outside court, calling the verdict "the most mean and disgusting" possible.

"This regime has no right to exist, it must be destroyed," he said. "I call on everyone to take to the streets today."

Navalny's supporters plan to gather near the Kremlin from 1600 GMT and by midday, 18,000 people had pledged on Facebook to attend. Read the full story here.
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