On Wednesday, Russia's Supreme Court rejected an appeal filed by Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, whose defense called for annulling the decision on his admission to prison in the Yves Rocher case, in favor of a parole sentence.
“The court refused to transfer the appeal to the cassation body,” according to a Supreme Court source cited by the Interfax agency.
A similar decision was taken by the court in relation to a complaint by the opponent's defense against the court decision, according to which Navalny was placed in a pre-trial detention center after his return from Germany in February last year, where he was recovering from poisoning.
The opponent is currently serving a sentence of two and a half years in prison in a prison in Pokrov, 85 kilometers from Moscow.
Navalny was initially sentenced to three and a half years in prison for a case of fraud and money laundering related to the French firm Yves Rocher, during a trial that took place in 2014.
Until 2021, the Kremlin's biggest critic enjoyed parole that was replaced by a deprivation of liberty in a prison upon his return from Germany and amid protests that left more than 10,000 detainees.
In another trial last week, Navalny was sentenced to nine years in prison after being found guilty of large-scale fraud and offense to the court, which implies that he will remain in jail for this decade.
The new judgment against Navalni also includes a fine of 1.2 million rubles (about $12,000) for contempt of court.
(With information from EFE)
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