Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny ordered to prison by Moscow court

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny (Moscow City Court via AP)

A Moscow court has ordered Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny to prison on charges that he violated the terms of his probation while he was recuperating in Germany from nerve-agent poisoning.

Mr Navalny, who is the most prominent critic of President Vladimir Putin, had earlier denounced the proceedings as a vain attempt by the Kremlin to scare millions of Russians into submission.