Russia Seeks 13-Year Jail Term For Top Putin Critic Alexei Navalny

Alexei Navalny, Vladimir Putin's most vocal domestic critic, was jailed last year after surviving a poison attack that he blames on the Kremlin.

Russian prosecutors on Tuesday called for jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny to serve 13 years in prison on new fraud charges.

Navalny, President Vladimir Putin's most vocal domestic critic, was jailed last year after surviving a poison attack he blames on the Kremlin.

"I request that Navalny be sentenced to a term of 13 years and a subsequent two years of probation," prosecutor Nadezhda Tikhonova was quoted as saying by Russian news agencies.

The prosecutor also requested "two years of restricted freedom" for Navalny and that he pay a fine of 1.2 million rubles ($10,600 or 9,700 euros).