Alexey Navalny was sent to prison by Putin for 2.6 years

It's true. They nailed him for a parole violation after he was put in a coma by them. It doesn't take a sceptic to figure out that they're running him through the kangaroo court. IMO: he'll be dead of "suicide" by the end of the year.

It's a shame, too. The man is an honest to god hero. Few people have the right combination of luck, skills, and guts to publicly embarrass an autocracy multiple times and then volunteer to outright martyr themselves by walking right back in.