Russian prosecutors have called for a six-year prison sentence for opposition leader Alexei Navalny on a controversial charge of embezzlement.
They stopped short of demanding the maximum term of 10 years at the trial in Kirov, a city 900km (560 miles) north-east of Moscow.
If convicted, he could be kept in prison until after the next presidential election in 2018.
He denies defrauding a timber firm of 16m roubles (£300,000; $500,000).
The 37-year-old anti-corruption campaigner, who inspired mass protests against the Kremlin in December 2011, recently declared he would like to stand for president.
He is currently campaigning for election as mayor of Moscow in September.
"Six years in a standard penal colony and 1m-rouble fine," he tweeted from the courtroom on Friday.
Mr Navalny says the case has been fabricated to remove him from politics. No date has been announced yet for the verdict.
Looking shocked, he exchanged nervous smiles with his wife Yulia, who then embraced him when a short break in proceedings was declared, Reuters news agency reports from Kirov.
"I still hope everything will be fine," Mr Navalny told reporters.
The case against him is one of five opened by investigators in the year since Vladimir Putin was re-elected president.
He is accused of defrauding the Kirovles state timber company while working as an adviser to Kirov's governor, Nikita Belykh.
The judge in his trial has not acquitted anyone in more than 130 cases.
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