Kremlin Critic Navalny Faces Court Hearing, Could See 3.5 Years In Prison
Alexei Navalny was arrested when he returned to Russia after recovering from poisoning, which he blames on Russia's president. He says the accusations against him are politically motivated.
Updated at 8:55 a.m. ET
A Moscow court is ruling on whether to send Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny to prison for 3.5 years on an old fraud conviction that he calls politically motivated.
Navalny was arrested on Jan. 17 immediately after returning to Moscow from Germany, where he had been recovering from a poison attack with a rare
