creating a mandela persona.s for many the credible face of russian opposition, he has been one of the most vocal opponents of president putin, famous for caughting the party a bunch of crooks and thieves. but in fen, his political ambitions came toen a end when he was placed under house arrest. his wife and brother always by his side during their frequent court appearances. throughout his trial he has remained defiant. and is building resources based on capitalism, sooner or later will fall. the kremlin denied influencing them, but they blame for attempting to silence him. they have been trying to keep him quiet it has clearly not worked. this young blogger has become one of the biggest challengers to grip on the power. this is the situation at the moment, there were several thousand people that rallied. call to protest that guilty verdict, you can see it is a very different picture right now, the square has been cleared out. almost deserted a few people lingering there there was an armed presence earlier we kno

effective opposition campaigners from the stage while depriving him from a long jail term creating a mandela persona. he is for many the credible face of russian opposition. he's been one of the most vocal opponents of president vladimir putin, president for once calling the ruling party of united russia a bunch of crooks and thieves. but in february thinks political ambitions came to an abrupt end when he was placed on house arrest. his wife and his brother always by his side in frequent court appearances. >> he blames the political establishment for attempting to silence him. if it has been trying to keep him quiet it clearly has not worked. in a few years this anti-corruption blogger has become one of the biggest challenges to president putin's grip on power. he is the man that the kremlin fears the most. the opposition to president putin across russia. the kremlin will be hoping that the suspended sentence, instead of the ten years in jail that the prosecution was looking for will help to defuse the planned protest by his supporters. peter sharp al jazeera, moscow. >> we can tell thought protest

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