Alexey Navalny loses appeal against jail term, fined for slander
Al Jazeera, 21 Feb 2021
Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny has suffered two legal defeats in one day.
The Kremlin critic lost an appeal against his nearly three-year jail sentence for embezzelment charges - and was also fined for defamation in a separate case.
Al Jazeera's Rory Challands reports.
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