Russia fines Kremlin critic Navalny's wife Yulia for taking part in protests
Riot police broke up protests across Russia on Sunday in support of Navalny, detaining more than 5,300 people who had braved the bitter cold and the threat of prosecution to demand he be set free
Yulia Navalnaya, wife of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, arrives at a court building in Moscow, Russia February 1, 2021. Navalnaya was detained for participating in an unauthorized protest, summoned to appear in court and later released. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina
A Russian court on Monday fined Yulia Navalnaya, the wife of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, 20,000 roubles ($265) for taking part in unsanctioned protests on Sunday, the court said.
Riot police broke up protests across Russia on Sunday in support of Navalny, detaining more than 5,300 people who had braved the bitter cold and the threat of prosecution to demand he be set free.
($1 = 75.5000 roubles)
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