<p>A Russian court gave the brother of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny a one-year suspended sentence on Friday for inciting people to break Covid-19 restrictions, his lawyer Nikos Paraskevov said on Twitter.</p>.<p>Oleg Navalny was detained in January as part of a broad crackdown on his brother's allies. He was initially put under house arrest for flouting Covid-19 restrictions before the terms of his detention were eased.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/kremlin-critic-navalnys-website-blocked-by-russian-regulator-1013085.html" target="_blank">Kremlin critic Navalny's website blocked by Russian regulator</a></strong></p>.<p>Several allies of Navalny, President Vladimir Putin's most vocal critic in Russia, have faced similar charges.</p>.<p>Navalny ally Lyubov Sobol was sentenced this week to 1-1/2 years of parole-like restrictions after a court found her guilty of the same offence.</p>.<p>Alexei Navalny is serving a 2-1/2 year jail term for parole violations in an embezzlement case he says was trumped up. Navalny's allies accuse the authorities of using the judiciary to crush dissenting voices before a parliamentary election in September.</p>
<p>A Russian court gave the brother of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny a one-year suspended sentence on Friday for inciting people to break Covid-19 restrictions, his lawyer Nikos Paraskevov said on Twitter.</p>.<p>Oleg Navalny was detained in January as part of a broad crackdown on his brother's allies. He was initially put under house arrest for flouting Covid-19 restrictions before the terms of his detention were eased.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/kremlin-critic-navalnys-website-blocked-by-russian-regulator-1013085.html" target="_blank">Kremlin critic Navalny's website blocked by Russian regulator</a></strong></p>.<p>Several allies of Navalny, President Vladimir Putin's most vocal critic in Russia, have faced similar charges.</p>.<p>Navalny ally Lyubov Sobol was sentenced this week to 1-1/2 years of parole-like restrictions after a court found her guilty of the same offence.</p>.<p>Alexei Navalny is serving a 2-1/2 year jail term for parole violations in an embezzlement case he says was trumped up. Navalny's allies accuse the authorities of using the judiciary to crush dissenting voices before a parliamentary election in September.</p>