Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny defied all odds when he survived an assassination attempt orchestrated by the Russian spy agency FSB last year. Navalny went into a coma after being poisoned with the nervous agent novichok and almost died. But after receiving treatment in Berlin, Navalny defied President Vladimir Putin’s expectations by returning directly to Moscow, where he was immediately arrested and put on trial for an alleged parole violation.
Moscow correspondent Andrew Roth was in court when Navalny was sentenced to more than three years in prison. He counts Rachel Humphreys why it was such a dramatic moment – and what it could mean for the future of Russia’s opposition.
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