MOSCOW тАФ The Russian opposition politician Aleksei A. Navalny was convicted and sentenced to 20 days in jail by a Russian court on Monday for repeated violation of rules governing public demonstrations тАФ a term long enough for him to miss a major rally he and supporters had scheduled for Saturday.
Over the past two weeks, Mr. Navalny held several well-attended public events in major Russian cities in what he and his staff are calling a presidential campaign. RussiaтАЩs Central Election Commission has said, however, that he cannot legally run for president because of a prior criminal conviction for embezzlement in the theft of timber from a state company, Kirovles.
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