Russian Opposition Leader, Alexei Navalny loses appeal against jailing

 Alexei Navalny, Russian opposition leader and Putin’s foremost critic has lost an appeal against his jail terms.

He lost on the grounds of violating the terms of a 2014 suspended sentence for embezzlement. A sentence that required him to report regularly to the Russian Police.

Navalny was detained last month after his return to Russia from Germany. Where he was being treated for a near-fatal nerve agent attack which he blames the Kremlin for; to which the Kremlin denies any involvement.

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After considering the facts of the case and the time he spent under house arrest from December 2014 – February 2015. The judge rejected his case but did cut six weeks off the two-and-a-half-year prison sentence. Navalny will return to the penal colony where he is serving his term.