Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny smiled and flashed a peace sign after a Moscow court rejected his appeal and upheld his two-and-half year sentence …
Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny smiled and flashed a peace sign after a Moscow court rejected his appeal and upheld his two-and-half year sentence in a Russian labor camp. In a ruling Saturday that was widely expected, the judge upheld a decision to imprison the anti-corruption activist, who has revealed lavish properties owned by Russian leader Vladimir Putin and his political cronies. The judge reversed the activist’s parole in a 2014 embezzlement case that Navalny had said was politically motivated, according to reports. Navalny,44, addressed his supporters from a glass-enclosed cell in the courtroom, invoking his faith in God and drawing on inspiration from cartoons and “Harry Potter.
