Russia: Alexei Navalny appeal fails, will move to a 'maximum-security' jail

A Russian court on Tuesday rejected Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny’s appeal against his nine-year prison sentence for fraud.

The opposition leader will now be transferred from a penal colony to a high-security prison for serious criminals.

Navalny was arrested in January 2021 upon returning from Germany, where he had been recuperating since the summer of 2020 after being poisoned by a nerve agent — an incident he blames on the Kremlin.

Authorities said the six months of recovery…