“A Moscow judge has ruled to send Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny to prison for 3.5 years for violating the terms of a 2014 conviction. Navalny has called the old conviction 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 nerve agent that he blames on Russian President Vladimir Putin. Russian authorities, who have denied any involvement in the August poisoning, pressured Navalny to remain in exile” – NPR.