'I'm a creepy skeleton': Navalny appears in court for first time after hunger strike

'I'm a creepy skeleton': Navalny appears in court for first time after hunger strike
Lucia Binding, news reporter
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Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny appears in court via a video link. Pic: Babushkinsky District Court of Moscow/Reuters
Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny has appeared in public for the first time since going on hunger strike - via video link during a court hearing.
The 44-year-old told the court he looks like a "creepy skeleton" and described Russian President Vladimir Putin as the "naked king" as he appealed against his fine for slandering a 94-year-old Second World War veteran.
The Moscow court rejected the Russian opposition leader's appeal and upheld his conviction.

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