Russian protest leader Alexei Navalny gets 15 days in jail
MOSCOW - Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who organized a wave of nationwide protests against government corruption that rattled authorities, was jailed for 15 days on Monday by a Moscow court for resisting police orders.
Navalny was arrested Sunday as he walked to a protest in Moscow and spent the night in jail before appearing in court.
Tens of thousands of anti-corruption protesters took to the streets across Russia on Sunday in the biggest show of defiance since 2011-2012 anti-government protests.
