from the pokrov prison colony, outside moscow, where he is currently serving two and a half years injail. the court found him guilty of embezzlement an offence which could be punished with 13 years in jail. here with me now is our russia editor at bbc monitoring, vitaly shevchenko, with the latest. could you explain what alexei navalny represents to people? he is described as navalny represents to people? he is described as russia s navalny represents to people? he: 3 described as russia s most prominent campaigner, he published investigations into various deals made by officials and lavish property that they are road far beyond what they could officially afford. including president putin, his team allege that president putin has a huge palace outside saatchi. he is the kind of person who can galvanise protests, galvanise public opinion, and he led rallies attended by thousands of people, now he s in jail.
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