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The Kremlin opponent, Alexei Navalny, who is imprisoned in the penal camp, has attacked Russia's President Vladimir Putin again.
"The naked emperor wants to rule until the end, he has clung to power," said the opposition on Thursday after a report by the independent Internet broadcaster Doschd in an appeal in court.
If Putin continues to rule, a “stolen decade” will be added to an already “lost decade”.
As expected, the court upheld a decision against Navalny in mid-February for insulting a World War II veteran.
Accordingly, the 44-year-old has to pay a fine of 850,000 rubles (almost 9400 euros) - about twice the average annual salary in Russia.
His lawyers announced that they would go to the European Court of Human Rights.
Navalny was connected to the trial by video from the prison camp - a few days after he broke off his hunger strike on the advice of the doctors.
These were the first pictures ever since his imprisonment a good 100 days ago.
The live images on the television monitors showed him emaciated and with his head shaved.
His wife Julia was sitting in the courtroom.
Opposition leader Navalny video appeared in court to appeal his conviction for defamation of a World War II veteran
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Navalny makes an ironic statement
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In his closing remarks, Navalny was ironic as usual and said to Putin: “I would like to say, my dear dish, that your emperor is naked.
And it's not just a little boy yelling that the emperor is naked. "20 years of completely inept leadership would have led to this result:" There is a crown that slips over the ears.
There are tons of lies on TV.
And of course there is enormous personal wealth. "
The background to the conviction was Nawalny's criticism of a video that state television broadcast last summer. In it, several citizens - including a 94-year-old veteran - campaigned for a constitutional amendment to secure Putin's power. Navalny insulted the protagonists on Twitter as “traitors”. This was interpreted as an insult to the veterans