Navalny in court for appeal hearing, war veteran libel trial verdict

Ruptly is live from Moscow’s Babushkinsky district court on Saturday, February 20, as jailed Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny is due to attend an appeal hearing of his penal colony sentence, and also to hear the verdict of his war veteran libel case.

Navalny was sentenced on February 2 to two years and eight months in a penal colony for violating parole conditions imposed in 2014 for embezzlement charges.

He is also accused of defaming a World War II veteran who spoke in favour of Russia’s constitutional amendments last year. The prosecutor has asked the court to fine the Kremlin critic 950,000 roubles (€10,600, $12,850).

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