Alexei Navalny loses appeal against Russian prison camp sentence

Opposition figure appeals to Russians from court, saying to live is to risk it all'

A Moscow court has rejected an appeal from Alexei Navalny that virtually guarantees the Russian opposition figure will be sent to a prison camp for two and a half years.

In a widely expected ruling, the judge upheld a decision to imprison Navalny by reversing a parole handed down in 2014 for embezzlement in a case Navalny said was politically motivated.