Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny wins European human rights payout
By Sarah Rainsford BBC News, Moscow
The European Court of Human Rights has ordered Russia to pay more than 63,000 euros (£54,000) in compensation to opposition politician Alexei Navalny.
The ECHR said his right to peaceful protest had been violated multiple times during a series of political gatherings dating back to 2012.
Mr Navalny welcomed the decision as "excellent", saying Russia's "lying, corrupt and hypocritical justice system" had "got a kicking".
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I don't think at this point in time, a politician like this can win over there, either through lack of support or voter fraud but it does show one, opposition to the Putin presidency indeed exists. Politicians like this guy would run the government 100% differently. Nemtsov was killed there 2 years ago. That's also a possibility to the opposition.
