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The first glimpse of Navalny since he ended his prison hunger strike

Source: Meduza
On Thursday, April 29, Moscow’s Babushkinsky District Court <a href="https://meduza.io/news/2021/04/29/sud-otklonil-apellyatsiyu-na-prigovor-navalnomu-po-delu-o-klevete-na-veterana" target="_blank">rejected</a> Alexey Navalny’s <a href="https://meduza.io/en/news/2021/03/02/alexey-navalny-s-lawyers-challenge-ruling-in-war-veteran-defamation-trial" target="_blank">appeal</a> against the verdict in the “war veteran defamation” case. Navalny took part in the hearing via a video link from prison. This was the first time the opposition politician had been seen by the public since <a href="https://meduza.io/en/news/2021/04/23/kremlin-critic-alexey-navalny-ends-prison-hunger-strike" target="_blank">coming off</a> a 24-day hunger strike, which lasted from March 31 to April 23. During a recess, Navalny told his wife, Yulia Navalnaya, that he looks “like a skeleton” and that his weight had dropped to 72 kilograms (159 pounds) — Navalny said this is how much he weighed as a teenager, Meduza’s correspondent reported. 
On Thursday, April 29, Moscow’s Babushkinsky District Court rejected Alexey Navalny’s appeal against the verdict in the “war veteran defamation” case. Navalny took part in the hearing via a video link from prison. This was the first time the opposition politician had been seen by the public since coming off a 24-day hunger strike, which lasted from March 31 to April 23. During a recess, Navalny told his wife, Yulia Navalnaya, that he looks “like a skeleton” and that his weight had dropped to 72 kilograms (159 pounds) — Navalny said this is how much he weighed as a teenager, Meduza’s correspondent reported. 
Babushkinsky District Court Press Service