The court shortened the activist’s sentence by a month and a half.
Navalny appealed the sentence to the Moscow City Court on Saturday.
Early in the process, the anti-corruption activist asked the judge to allow video recording of the hearing for journalists, but the court refused the request.
His lawyer, Olga Mikhailova, requested the court to release his client immediately, as required by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).
Mikhailova argued that Navalny’s life and health were in danger during the arrest.
The court handed down the original sentence on February 2, after ruling that while Navalny was in Germany, he violated the terms of parole in a 2014 case in which he received a suspended sentence of three and a half years.
The suspended sentence was then replaced by a prison sentence.
Navalny was initially detained by the Russian state in January, after his arrival from Germany, where he spent five months recovering from the Novichok poisoning he attributed to the Russian government. The Kremlin has repeatedly denied any involvement.
Navalny’s defamation case over comments about a World War II veteran will be heard on Saturday.
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