Navalni is currently serving a 2.5-year sentence in a penal camp east of Moscow. He was sentenced a year ago for violating the terms of a previous conviction. He was found guilty of embezzlement in 2014. Navalni denied guilt and spoke of a political trial.
Navalni could not meet the conditions because of his stay in Germany. There he was in a hospital after a poisoning that he blames on the Kremlin. The opposition leader became seriously ill during a flight in Russia. He was first treated in Russia, but was later flown to Berlin.
