Navalny Brothers Verdict and Protest

Protesters are seen surrounded by police in Moscow's Manezh Square Dec 30, 2014. (VOA/Daniel Schearf)

Alexei Navalny, Russian opposition leader and anti-corruption blogger, and his wife Yulia comfort Alexei's brother and co-defendant Oleg and his wife Victoria after hearing the court verdict in Moscow, Dec. 30, 2014.

Russian opposition leader and anti-corruption blogger Alexei Navalny and his brother and co-defendant Oleg attend a court hearing in Moscow, Dec. 30, 2014.

Russian opposition leader and anti-corruption blogger Alexei Navalny talks with his brother and co-defendant Oleg during a court hearing in Moscow, Dec. 30, 2014.

Policemen detain a supporter of opposition leader and anti-corruption blogger Alexei Navalny near a court building during his hearing in Moscow, Dec. 30, 2014.

Russian opposition activist and anti-corruption crusader Alexei Navalny, 38, left, and his brother Oleg Navalny stand at a court in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2014.

Russian opposition activist and anti-corruption crusader Alexei Navalny, 38, stands at a court in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2014.

Russian opposition activist and anti-corruption crusader Alexei Navalny and his brother Oleg Navalny stand at the cage in court, in Moscow, Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2014.