Alexei Navalny’s appeal rejected by Moscow court

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny stands in a cage in the Babuskinsky District Court in Moscow, Russia (Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP)

A Moscow court has rejected Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s appeal against his prison sentence.

The Moscow City Court’s ruling came even as the country faced an order from the top European rights court to free the Kremlin’s most prominent foe.