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    In Court Hearing, Navalny Calls Putin A 'Naked, Thieving King'

    The Kremlin critic looked gaunt after a weeks-long prison hunger strike. He appeared as the head of his political network said it was being forced to shut down amid government pressure.
    by Scott Neuman Apr 29, 2021 2 minutes

    Looking gaunt after a weeks-long prison hunger strike, a defiant Alexei Navalny appeared by video link in court on Thursday, where he denounced Russian President Vladimir Putin as a "naked, thieving king."

    The hearing comes as Navalny's anticorruption network – the backbone of his political organization – said it would shut down because it could no longer operate amid Kremlin efforts toMoscow ordered the network's activities suspended in an apparent prelude to it being permanently shuttered.

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