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Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny loses his legal appeal against a nine-year prison sentence that he and his allies condemned as politically motivated. His sentencing comes as Moscow pushes on with its military offensive in neighbouring Ukraine and Russian authorities seek to silence remaining government critics. IMAGES
Russia's main Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny is back in court for allegedly defaming a World War II veteran, after being ordered to prison in another case that sparked global outrage and mass protests in his country. IMAGES of Alexei Navalny inside the courtroom
Hundreds of people gather to pay their respects and lay flowers at the grave of opposition leader Alexei Navalny on the final day of a presidential election that is guaranteed to cement Vladimir Putin's hardline rule. Before his death in an Arctic prison last month, Navalny urged Russians to protest on March 17. His widow, Yulia Navalnaya, has reiterated his call and said protesters should show up in large numbers at the same time to overwhelm polling stations. IMAGES
In the south-east of the Russian capital Moscow, a crowd chants the name of Alexei Navalny outside Borisovo cemetery, where the Russian opposition leader was buried. Navalny died in an Arctic prison on 16 February. The death has been widely condemned by Western leaders and Navalny's supporters have accused Putin of murder and of trying to prevent a dignified public burial. IMAGES
Police patrol and stand by Moscow's "Wall of Grief", a bronze monument to Soviet-era repression and a site that has become a makeshift memorial for opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died in prison on February 16. Among the flowers left at the site is a bouquet with a message that reads: "One for All. Forgive us." IMAGES
A Russian court on Friday sentenced jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny to 19 additional years behind bars on extremism charges. IMAGES
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