Aides to Russian Opposition Leader Sentenced to Jail
31, 2018
MOSCOW — Two associates of the Russian opposition leader Aleksei A. Navalny were sentenced
to jail on Wednesday after hosting a webcast about nationwide protests in Russia.
The two activists, Ruslan Shaveddinov, a spokesman for Mr. Navalny’s campaign,
and Kira Yarmysh, who works for Mr. Navalny and his foundation, were detained in Moscow on Tuesday.
Mr. Shaveddinov was sentenced to eight days in jail, and Ms. Yarmysh was sentenced to five days in jail.
Denis Mikhailov, local coordinator in St. Petersburg, was sentenced to 30 days behind bars,
and Vladislav Zlobin, who works in the Lipetsk office, was sentenced to 20 days in jail.
The two activists were detained on Tuesday at a Moscow airport after returning from Lithuania, where
they had traveled to prevent their live feed from being interrupted by the Russian police.
Shortly before the verdicts for Mr. Shaveddinov and Ms. Yarmysh were announced, a number
of other members of Mr. Navalny’s campaign were sentenced to longer jail terms.