Russian authorities have placed citizens in prison for even minor acts of dissent since the war in Ukraine began.
Authorities are taking the crackdown on freedoms in Russia to new levels over a year into Moscow's assault on Ukraine, with independent media shut down and most key opposition figures behind bars or in exile. The court gave Mr Navalny until 5 May to read the 196 tomes of materials comprising the extremism case, his team said.
This month his team said the opposition politician had lost eight kilograms in just over two weeks and suggested this could be the result of slow poisoning. A court on Wednesday requested 12 years imprisonment for Lilia Chanysheva, a former regional coordinator of Mr Navalny's political group in the central city of Ufa.