Potential mayoral candidate Aleksei A. Navalny had his five-year prison sentence suspended, although his eligibility to run for office remains in question. After growing popular as an anti-corruption blogger, support grew for Navalny as the mayor of Russia, but a recent law makes it difficult for people of his legal status to hold political power. While he no longer faces the threat of imprisonment, his political career may have already come to an end.
By Dmitriy Treyger
Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/17/world/europe/russian-opposition-leader-is-spared-jail.html
Aleksei A. Navalny, an anticorruption crusader, during a court hearing in Kirov, Russia, in October. Mr. Navalny’s five-year sentence has now been suspended.
