Moscow appeal court upholds prison sentence of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny
A Moscow appeal court on Saturday upheld a prison sentence imposed on chief Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny after he returned to Russia from Germany last month. Judge Dmitry Balashov rejected Navalny's appeal of the February 2 ruling.
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- Published Date: 12:24 | 20 February 2021
- Modified Date: 03:29 | 20 February 2021
Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny on Saturday lost his appeal against what he said was a politically motivated decision to jail him for nearly three years.
A Moscow court did however shorten his original jail term by six weeks. The original term was 3.5 years but, with the amount of time he has already spent under house arrest taken into account, amounted to around two years and eight months.
Navalny was jailed on Feb. 2 for allegedly violating parole, charges he has dismissed as politically motivated.
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