Russian opposition leader Navalny faces court that may jail him for years

Opposition leader Alexei Navalny talks to one of his lawyers (Moscow City Court via AP/PA)

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny faces a court hearing that could end with him being jailed for years.

The 44-year-old, an anti-corruption investigator who is the most prominent critic of President Vladimir Putin, was arrested on January 17 upon returning from Germany, where he spent five months recovering from a nerve-agent poisoning that he blames on the Kremlin.