Russian court fines Kremlin critic Navalny for slandering WW2 veteran

A Russian court slapped Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny with a 850,000-rouble ($11,000) fine on Saturday after finding him guilty of slandering a World War Two veteran in a case Navalny said was dreamt up to discredit him.

The 44-year-old opposition politician earlier on Saturday lost an appeal against his jailing in a separate case.

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