"Activist Jailed as Russia Protesters Hurl Snowballs at Police"

In Russia, crowds threw snowballs at police as they arrested opposition activist Alexei Navalny, who was sentenced to nine years in a high-security prison. The protest in Moscow was in response to the sentencing, with demonstrators chanting "Freedom to Navalny" and "Shame on the police." Navalny's supporters have condemned the verdict as politically motivated, and the European Union has called for his immediate release.