navalny @ courthouse, december 6, 2011
in december 2011, after parliamentary elections , accusations of electoral fraud, around 6,000 people gathered in moscow protest on contested result, , 300 arrested including navalny. after period of uncertainty, navalny produced @ court , thereafter sentenced maximum 15 days defying government official . alexei venediktov, editor-in-chief of echo of moscow radio station, called arrest political mistake: jailing navalny transforms him online leader offline 1 . navalny kept in same prison several other activists, including ilya yashin , sergei udaltsov, unofficial leader of vanguard of red youth, radical russian communist youth group. udaltsov has gone on hunger strike protest against conditions.
navalny @ moscow rally, 10 march 2012
navalny arrested on december 5, convicted , sentenced 15 days in jail. since arrest, blog has become available in english.
in profile published day after release, bbc news described navalny arguably major opposition figure emerge in russia in past 5 years .
on release on december 20, navalny called on russians unite against putin, navalny said try snatch victory in presidential election, held on march 4, 2012.
navalny told reporters on release senseless him run in presidential elections because kremlin not allow them fair. said if free elections held, ready run. on december 24, helped lead demonstration larger post-election 1 (50,000 strong, in 1 western-media account), telling crowd, see enough people take kremlin right .
in march 2012, after putin elected president, navalny helped lead anti-putin rally in moscow s pushkin square, attended between 14,000 , 20,000 people. after rally, navalny detained authorities several hours, released.
on may 8, day after putin inaugurated, navalny , udaltsov arrested after anti-putin rally @ clean ponds, , each given 15-day jail sentences. amnesty international designated 2 men prisoners of conscience. on june 11, moscow prosecutors conducted 12-hour search of navalny s home, office , search of apartment of 1 of navalny s relatives. searches undertaken, according rt television network, part of broader investigation clashes between opposition activists , riot police happened on may 6. afterwards, of navalny s personal emails posted online pro-government blogger.
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