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Russian opposition figures: where are the others?

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As Alexei Navalny is sentenced to five years in prison, many more anti-Putin campaigners are in jail or awaiting trial

*In jail*

*Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, 23*

Member of the anti-Putin punk band Pussy Riot. Arrested in March 2012 for performing a punk anthem inside the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow and sentenced in August 2012 to two years in prison after being found guilty of "hooliganism motivated by religious hatred".

*Maria Alyokhina, 25*

Member of Pussy Riot. Arrested and sentenced to two years in prison at the same time as Tolokonnikova.

*Konstantin Lebedev, 34*

Leftwing political activist sentenced to two and a half years in prison for "plotting mass unrest" following an anti-Putin protest on 6 May 2012. Lebedev pleaded guilty amid rumours he was collaborating with the Russian government.

*Maxim Luzyanin, 36*

Anti-Putin activist sentenced to four and a half years in November 2012 after admitting to plotting mass unrest during the 6 May protest. Many thought his decision to co-operate with judicial authorities would result in a lower sentence.

*Awaiting trial*

*Leonid Razvozzhayev, 40*

Leftwing political activist abducted from Ukraine while trying to seek political asylum in October 2012, currently in pre-trial detention. Awaiting charges of plotting mass unrest following the 6 May protest that turned violent.

*Sergei Udaltsov, 36*

Leftwing political activist under house arrest awaiting charges of plotting mass unrest following the 6 May protest.

*On trial*

*Maria Baronova, 29*

Anti-Putin activist on trial for plotting mass unrest following the 6 May protest.

More than a dozen other Russians who took part in the 6 May protest are on trial. Reported by guardian.co.uk 9 hours ago.

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