{"id":462257,"date":"2021-04-29T21:05:35","date_gmt":"2021-04-30T01:05:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=462257"},"modified":"2021-04-29T21:05:40","modified_gmt":"2021-04-30T01:05:40","slug":"alexei-navalny-says-there-is-a-crown-sliding-from-putins-ears-in-first-court-appearance-since-imprisonment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alexei-navalny-says-there-is-a-crown-sliding-from-putins-ears-in-first-court-appearance-since-imprisonment\/","title":{"rendered":"Alexei Navalny Says \u2018There Is A Crown Sliding\u2019 From Putin\u2019s Ears In First Court Appearance Since Imprisonment"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Falexei-navalny-says-there-is-a-crown-sliding-from-putins-ears-in-first-court-appearance-since-imprisonment%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=462257&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-4182.jpeg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">Russian opposition leader and critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Alexei Navalny, appeared in court on Thursday looking thin after recently ending his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/putin-critic-alexei-navalny-ends-hunger-strike-in-prison-thanks-supporters\"><span class=\"s1\">hunger strike<\/span><\/a> that lasted around 24 days.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Navalny was sentenced to prison after returning to Moscow from Germany where he was undergoing treatment for poisoning from a nerve agent that he blames on the Kremlin. The Kremlin has denied any responsibility for his poisoning, but United States intelligence officials have \u201cconcluded with high confidence that Navalny was poisoned last year with a banned nerve agent called Novichok by the Russian security services,\u201d according to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/03\/02\/biden-administration-sanctions-russia-over-navalny-imprisonment-472397\"><span class=\"s1\">Politico<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The Thursday court hearing was for the politician\u2019s\u00a0appeal of a conviction in February on charges of defaming a Russian World War II veteran, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/alexei-navalny-court-appearance-hunger-strike\/\"><span class=\"s1\">CBS News<\/span><\/a>. He was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/alexei-navalny-fined-for-defaming-russian-veteran\/a-56635101\">convicted<\/a> by a court in Moscow for slander shortly after the same court upheld his prison sentencing based on different parole violation charges.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Navlany had a shaved head and looked to be underweight on Thursday. He told the court, including his wife who was present, \u201cI am just a horrible skeleton.\u201d He said his weight had dropped to around 159 pounds, stating that he hadn\u2019t weighed that much since around the seventh grade.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Navalny added that he had asked for some carrots and apples from the prison in order to aid his recovery from the hunger strike, but he hadn\u2019t been given any.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/04\/29\/europe\/alexey-navalny-russia-appeal-intl\/index.html\">CNN<\/a><\/span> reported that Navalny said he ate \u201cfour tablespoons of porridge a day, today five, tomorrow I will eat six.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Speaking of Putin, he said, \u201cI would like to say that your king is naked, and more than one little boy is shouting about it \u2014 it is now millions of people who are already shouting about it. It is quite obvious. Twenty years of incompetent rule have come to this: there is a crown sliding from his ears.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cYour naked king wants to rule until the end, he doesn\u2019t care about the country, he is clung to power and wants to rule indefinitely,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Last week, more than a thousand protesters were arrested in Russia after demonstrations were held across the country to support Navalny and speak out against Putin, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2021\/04\/22\/989694331\/at-least-1-700-protesters-in-russia-arrested-after-nationwide-anti-putin-rallies\"><span class=\"s1\">NPR<\/span><\/a>\u00a0reported.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Navalny also spoke to the prosecutors who were present on Thursday, saying, \u201cYou are all traitors. You and the naked king are implementing a plan to seize Russia, and the Russians should be turned into slaves. Their wealth will be taken away from them, they will be deprived of any prospects, you have implemented that plan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The court dismissed Navalny\u2019s appeal against the conviction of defamation, per CBS News.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Navalny\u2019s anti-corruption organization recently disbanded prior to a court\u2019s ruling that is trying to label it as an \u201cextremist\u201d organization, Navalny\u2019s senior ally Leonid Volkov said Thursday. The ruling is assumed to put all members and backers of the group in danger of up to six years in prison.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Earlier this week, a different \u201cRussian court <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/russia-alexei-navalny-news-putin-anti-corruption-foundation-closed\/\"><span class=\"s1\">barred Navalny\u2019s anti-corruption foundation<\/span><\/a>\u00a0(FBK) and his network of regional campaign offices from posting online. The organizations are also prohibited from accessing their bank accounts,\u201d as reported by CBS News.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Navalny\u2019s associate Vladimir Ashurkov, the foundation\u2019s former director, lives in exile outside the country. Ashurkov told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/russia-alexei-navalny-news-putin-anti-corruption-foundation-closed\/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab4i\">CBS News<\/a> that he thought the Kremlin was taking such an intense step against the organization \u201cbecause over the years, Navalny and our organization emerged as the most important opponent to Vladimir Putin.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Navalny\u2019s advocates also said on Thursday that Russian officials had started another criminal case against Navalny and two of his main associates. The case accuses him of allegedly creating a non-profit organization that \u201cinfringed on the personality and the rights of citizens.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">His team pointed to legal <a href=\"https:\/\/navalny.com\/p\/6486\/\"><span class=\"s1\">documents<\/span><\/a> that said the case was opened in February. The charges hold a maximum sentence of up to four years in jail.<\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/span><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><span><i>member<\/i><\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russian opposition leader and critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Alexei Navalny, appeared in court on Thursday looking thin after recently ending his hunger strike that lasted around 24 days.Navalny &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2277057,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-4182.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Alexei Navalny Says \u2018There Is A Crown Sliding\u2019 From Putin\u2019s Ears In First Court Appearance Since Imprisonment","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-462257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-4182.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Alexei Navalny Says \u2018There Is A Crown Sliding\u2019 From Putin\u2019s Ears In First Court Appearance Since Imprisonment","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=462257"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462257\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2277057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=462257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=462257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=462257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}