Alexei Navalny faces an additional 15 years in a Russian jail

By Lydia Cherian

Alexei Navalny, one of Russia’s most famous Putin critics has been indicted on additional embezzlement charges that could add up to another 15 years in jail.

With all eyes on Russian troop movements in eastern Ukraine, much has not been heard about Navalny, which allowed for his extended prison sentence to go largely unnoticed by the public and media

At the prison colony court where Navalny was present for hearing about his supposed embezzlement crimes, he looked noticeably fragile and thinner, with a tired but determined look on his face