Navalny’s brother, Oleg, was sentenced to a prison term of three and a half years and was taken into custody in the courtroom.
Navalny, who was accused of embezzling more than 26 million rubles ($734,000) from Yves Rocher along with his brother Oleg, is already serving a five-year suspended sentence for embezzling timber worth 16 million rubles ($500,000).