Navalny's Defense To Appeal Moscow Court's Decision In Libel Case

Navalny's Defense to Appeal Moscow Court's Decision in Libel Case

The defense team of Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny is going to appeal a Moscow court's ruling in the libel case, his lawyer Olga Mikhailova said on Saturday

MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 20th February, 2021) The defense team of Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny is going to appeal a Moscow court's ruling in the libel case, his lawyer Olga Mikhailova said on Saturday.

"Surely, we will appeal," Mikhailova said.

The Moscow district court found Navalny guilty of libeling a World War II veteran and ruled that he must pay a fine of 850,000 rubles ($11,500).