Moscow court rejects Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny’s appeal but slightly cuts his jail sentence

Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny has lost an appeal against what he says was a politically motivated decision to jail him for nearly three years, but his prison term has been slightly shortened.

Mr Navalny, President Vladimir Putin’s most prominent critic, was jailed earlier this month for parole violations that he said were trumped up.

Western countries have condemned the case and are discussing…