Thousands of people say they will protest in Moscow on Tuesday evening following the guilty verdict of an anti-corruption crusader there.
Alexei Navalny, a leading foe of Russian President Vladimir Putin, was found guilty of fraud and given a suspended sentence of three and a half years on Tuesday, while his brother was sent to prison for three and a half years.
"The government isn't just trying to jail its political opponents — we're used to it; we're aware that they're doing it — but this time they're destroying and torturing the families of the people who oppose them," he said, and called for people to attend the protest on Tuesday evening. Read more...
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