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Update, February 4, 2021: In pointed remarks delivered at the U.S. State Department, President Joe Biden criticized Russia's handling of Navalny and reiterated demands for his release. Recounting his first phone call as president with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, Biden said: "I made it clear to President Putin, in a manner very different from my predecessor, that the days of the United States rolling over in the face of Russia's aggressive actions – interfering with our election, cyber attacks, poisoning its citizens – are over." On February 2, the Moscow City Court sentenced leading Russian opposition politician Alexey Navalny to 3 1/2 years in prison. The authorities imposed tight security measures across Moscow ahead of Navalny’s sentencing. The areas around the court building and the Kremlin have been cordoned off by riot police and the National Guard.Along with Navalny’s relatives, colleagues and journalists, diplomats from 13 countries and special European Union representatives were present in the courtroom during sentencing.The Russian Foreign Ministry objected that the collective attendance" of foreign diplomats was a "political act" and interference in Russia’s affairs.Immediately after the hearing
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