A Russian court on Thursday sentenced a man to five years in prison over rare opposition protests in the Urals republic of Bashkortostan. A court in the city of Orsk said in a statement that a 50-year-old man had been found guilty of “participating in mass unrest” and “violence against law enforcement officers” in the central republic. The defendant pleaded guilty, the court said, without giving his name. RusNews website named him as Ilchat Ulyubayev, saying prosecutors had requested a 10-year jail term. According to the court, the defendant took part in winter protests in front of a court in …