Navalny calls Putin 'nothing but an underpants poisoner' during his court hearing

Detained Russian opposition leer Alexei Navalny, who was presented in court on February 2, said that Russian President Vlimir Putin was thing but an “underpants poisoner”. During his trial, he delivered a short speech wherein he maintained incence and called out country’s “corrupt” political and legal system. Navalny, a staunch Putin critic, has been sentenced to 2 years 8 months in jail for violating terms of his probation, conditions set as part of a suspended sentence for a money laundering conviction.

“Murder is only way he kws how to fight. He’ll go down in history as thing but a poisoner. We all remember Alexander Liberator [Alexander II] and Yaroslav Wise [Yaroslav I]. Well, w we’ll have Vlimir  Underpants Poisoner,” Navalny said about Putin in his speech as translated by medusa.io

Navalny's arrest

Navalny, on February 2, was handed a prison term, after judge took into account 11 months that he h spent under house arrest. Prosecutor General's office backed motion alleging Navalny h engd in "unlawful conduct" during probation period. Condemning Tuesday’s ruling as politically motivated, pro-pro-navally demonstrators flooded streets of Moscow, in fresh rallies, deuncing Russian government and demanding immediate release of Putin’s opposition leer.

"Can you explain to me how else I was supposed to fulfil terms of my probation and tify where I am?" Navalny asked court, according to ANI's report. He ded, “Why are you sitting here and telling court you didn’t kw where I was? I fell into a coma, n I was in ICU, n in rehabilitation. I contacted my lawyer to send you a tice. You h dress, my contact details. What else could I have done to inform you?” 

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In a fresh stir of angst, citizens hit streets once again calling for crowd to gar for a demonstration Tuesday outside Moscow court building. Russian law enforcement, according to Associated Press report, gared out in full force near building, cordoning off nearby streets and making random arbitrary detentions. earlier, Moscow court h ordered Navalny’s wife to pay 20,000 rubles (about $265) penalty for violating protest regulations after she joined forces with a demonstration in Russian capital to demand her husband’s release. She was arrested with coercion and charged with participating in an unauthorized rally, according to Interfax news ncy. This caused massive outpouring of discontent Russia against police and Putin’s ministration. 

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