The political opposition leader to the Kremlin, Alexei Navalny, was denied an appeal by a Russian court for his release from jail Thursday, as protests continue throughout the country demanding him to be freed.
Sitting before the court via a video link from jail, Navalny, 44, denied he was guilty of the criminal proceedings against him, alleging his jail sentence was a fear campaign coordinated by the government to intimidate political opposition to the Kremlin.
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