Moscow court fines opposition leader Alexei Navalny in defamation case

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny in the Babuskinsky District Court in Moscow. Picture: AP

A Moscow court has ordered Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny to pay a fine in a defamation case.

The ruling came hours after another judge rejected the top Kremlin critic’s appeal over his prison sentence for violating the terms of his probation.