Russia seeking 20-year prison term for Kremlin foe Navalny, ally says

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny behind a glass of the cage in the Babuskinsky District Court in Moscow, Russia (Alexander Zemlianichenko, File/AP/PA)

Russian prosecutors asked a court to sentence imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny to 20 years in prison on extremism charges, his ally Ivan Zhdanov said on Thursday.

According to Mr Zhdanov, the trial against Navalny, which went on behind closed doors in the prison where the politician is serving another lengthy sentence, is scheduled to conclude with a verdict on August 4.