Russian opposition leader’s appeal against nine-year sentence rejected

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny appears on a screen set up at a court room of the Moscow City Court via a video link (AP)

A Russian court has rejected opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s appeal against a nine-year prison sentence for fraud.

The rejection means Navalny will be sent to a high-security prison, according to the independent news site Mediazona.