A RUSSIAN court's decision to sentence protest leader Alexei Navalny to five years in a penal colony on fraud charges has prompted global concern, as it disqualifies one of President Vladimir Putin's fiercest critics from politics.
Russian opposition activists condemned Thursday's sentence for mass embezzlement as a blatant move to punish Navalny, 37, for opposing the Kremlin just as he was preparing to stand in Moscow's mayoral election.
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