CNN’s Fred Pleitgen reports from outside court as Russian opposition campaigner Alexey Navalny appears for a hearing.
The hearing will determine whether Navalny will face jail time for allegedly violating terms of a suspended sentence over 2014 fraud claims.
Alexei Navalny
Frederik Pleitgen
The Kremlin critic appealed a ruling that turned a suspended sentence on embezzlement charges into real jail time.
Decision to jail Kremlin critic likely to spur further protests and deepen a rift between Western powers and Russia.