Navalny faces court accused of insulting Second World War veteran

Alexei Navalny stands in a cage during a hearing on his charges of defamation (Babuskinsky District Court via AP)

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has appeared in a Moscow court for the second time this week – on a charge of insulting a Second World War veteran.

The politician, who on Tuesday was ordered to two years and eight months in prison, attacked the new hearing as a “disgusting PR trial” intended by the Kremlin to disparage him.