The Russian opponent today spends his third birthday in prison. Alexei Navalny, who turns 47 today, is expected to soon be tried in a new investigation for "extremism" where he faces another 35 years in jail.

Navalny believes this new court case is a way to keep him in life detention. But "a day will come when telling the truth and fighting for justice in Russia will become an ordinary and harmless thing," he added.y. "I wish I wouldn't wake up in this hole, but have breakfast with my family," Navalny said in a message.