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Russian court sentenced a blogger to five years in jail on Tuesday after convicting him of inciting violence against the children of
police officers, and charged two
Kremlin critics with organizing an illegal protest.
The court action follows a summer of opposition
protests demanding free
elections to Moscow's city legislature on Sept. 8, the biggest sustained protest movement in the Russian capital since 2011-2013.
The authorities have allowed some opposition protests, but declined to sanction others.