MOSCOW (Reuters) – Lyubov Sobol, a close ally of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, wrote on Twitter on Thursday that she had been sentenced in court to a year of community service for using violence to trespass on private property.
Sobol’s trial comes amid a crackdown on Navalny’s allies and supporters, who staged several rallies to protest over his jailing earlier this year. The case relates to an incident in December.
(Reporting by Anton Zverev; Writing by Alexander Marrow; Editing by Hugh Lawson)
