‘I’m a horrible skeleton’: Navalny in court after hunger strike

Jailed opposition politician appears thin, drained in first public appearance since the weeks-long protest.

In his first public appearance since ending a hunger strike, jailed Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny looked visibly thinner in a court hearing via video link, and was sporting a buzz haircut. Thursday’s hearing was linked to Navalny’s appeal against a defamation conviction handed to him in February for allegedly insulting a World War II veteran. During the hearing, he addressed his wife Yulia, who was in the courtroom.