Navalny’s wife fined by court

A MOSCOW court has ordered Yulia Navalnaya, the wife of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, to pay a fine of 20,000 roubles (£192) for violating protest regulations, after she attended a demonstration in the Russian capital to demand his release from custody.

Tens of thousands took to the streets in dozens of Russian cities on Sunday, chanting slogans against Russian President Vladimir Putin and demanding that authorities free Mr Navalny, who was jailed last month.