The jailing of the brother, a former postal worker generally viewed as a pawn in a larger battle, signaled that the Kremlin was adopting a heavy-handed strategy in seeking to suppress Mr. Navalny’s political activities by sidelining him without transforming him into a martyr. “Aren’t you ashamed? Mr. Navalny cried out in dismay at the young judge, Yelena Korobchenko, as she read the verdict. “Why are you jailing him?” Mr. Navalny shouted, with tears in his eyes. “This is a dirty trick. To punish me more? nytimes/2014/12/31/world/europe/aleksei-navalny-convicted.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=first-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news
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