Alexei Navalny: Putin critic loses appeal against jailing-536980
Alexei Navalny: Putin critic loses appeal against jailing BBC 20th February, 2021 04:38:58 Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has lost an appeal against his jailing for violating the terms of a suspended sentence. Navalny was detained last month after returning to Russia from Germany, where he was being treated for a near-fatal nerve agent attack. He has blamed Russian President Vladimir Putin for the attack and says the charges against him are fabricated. The Kremlin denies any involvement in his poisoning. Navalny was accused of breaking the terms of a 2014 suspended sentence for embe...