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Images show a heavy police presence in Moscow's Vnukovo airport, where leading Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny is due to return from Germany, where he has spent months recovering from a near-fatal poisoning attack last summer. Russia's prison service FSIN says Navalny may face jail time on arrival in Moscow for violating the terms of a 2014 suspended sentence he was handed on fraud charges. Speaking to reporters on the plane, he said he did not fear being arrested on arrival in Moscow. IMAGES
Police officers arrest protesters on the streets of Moscow after a court jailed the Kremlin's most prominent critic Alexei Navalny for nearly three years. According to OVD-Info, a group that monitors arrests and opposition protests, more than 550 people were detained. IMAGES
Russian police are present at a Moscow apartment of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny. A key Navalny aid reported that the apartment was being searched on grounds of violating sanitary and epidemiological measures, along with a second Moscow apartment owned by Navalny's wife Yulia and the Moscow office of his Anti-Corruption Foundation. IMAGES
Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny loses his legal appeal against a nine-year prison sentence that he and his allies condemned as politically motivated. His sentencing comes as Moscow pushes on with its military offensive in neighbouring Ukraine and Russian authorities seek to silence remaining government critics. IMAGES
A police van leaves the court with Kremlin critic Navalny after he was jailed for nearly three years. The court's decision to turn a 2014 suspended sentence into real jail time will see Navalny, a 44-year-old anti-corruption campaigner who accuses the Kremlin of poisoning him last year, serve a lengthy prison term for the first time. IMAGES
Supporters of Zambian President Lungu hold a rally in Lusaka during a tense presidential race, which has been marked by clashes between rival supporters. The presidential election will take place on Thursday. IMAGES.
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