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Officers stand guard outside the police station near Moscow where Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny's detention hearing is held. Navalny said he was facing a "mockery of justice" as police organised a makeshift court hearing a day after his dramatic airport arrest. The Kremlin critic returned to Russia for the first time since being poisoned with a nerve agent in August, was denied access to his lawyers and notified at the last minute of the hearing. IMAGES
Russia's main opposition leader Alexei Navalny leaves the Danilovsky police station, escorted by the police to an ambulance. Navalny was detained outside his home in Moscow for reasons that were not immediately clear, his spokeswoman said on Twitter. IMAGES
Anti riot police blocks access in Moscow's centre, as thousands of supporters of Alexei Navalny gather of Moscow to protest his detention and back calls for the hunger-striking Kremlin critic to be given proper medical care. 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
Crowds gather as Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny attends an impromptu hearing behind closed doors in a courtroom set up at a police station in Khimki on the outskirts of Moscow. Police seized Navalny, President Vladimir Putin's most prominent opponent, at a border control post at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport less than an hour after he returned to Russia from Germany for the first time since he was poisoned with a nerve agent in August. 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.