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