Prominent Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been sentenced to 15 days in prison for breaching a law that restricts demonstrations.<br /><br /> The activist was jailed for handing out flyers to a rally due to take place on March 1, 2015, which he’ll now no longer be able to attend.<br /><br /> As he was led away, Navalny thanked the public for their support and urged his followers to attend the unauthorised anti-Kremlin protest, labelled the ‘Spring March’.<br /><br /> “Thank you very much, for your honour, for explaining to everyone again why they should come to the Spring March,” he said.<br /><br /> Two days earlier, another court upheld a three-and-a-half year suspended prison term for Navalny, who along with his brother Oleg, is accused of stealing some 430,000 euros from two firms.
