Quote Originally Posted by RedFox View Post
Ой, да это цирк какой-то, а не суд. У Навального теперь ДВА условных срока, чего по закону просто не бывает. Но в Новый Год, как известно, невозможное возможно.
It looks like the Russian government wants Navalniy to continue his opposition deeds but at the same time they want to limit what he's doing, trying to scare him off a little bit. Russia needs opposition badly but at the same time fears opposition when it gets too "radical".
I suspect that word that should describe this: the government wants to groom Navalniy