Mr Navalny was detained 10 days ago, accused of failing to comply with a suspended sentence.

Tens of thousands of Russians took to the streets of the weekend in support of Mr Navalny, who says he was the target of an assassination attempt last August.

Steve Rosenberg reports from inside jail by a video link.

The Kremlin's most ferocious critic demanded his freedom.

Alexander finally told the court his arrest was illegal attempt to scare him on his supporters.

It wouldn't work, he added.

We are the majority.

The judge dismissed his appeal.

MAWR pressure Police raiding Mr Navalny's anti corruption organization.

It had posted this video of Mr Novelli accusing Vladimir Putin of building himself a billion pound palace with illicit money.

The Kremlin's denied it, but the videos had nearly 100 million views in a week palaces and political battles.

What a Russians making of all of this outside Moscow, fear is 100 miles away.

Last weekend, there were protests here and across Russia in support of Mr Divinely on against President Putin.

Police broke them up.

Among those detained was puzzle.

It was the first time had taken part in a protest.

A lot of people, Pavel says, have watched that video about the palace on.

Believe it, we did nothing wrong.

We were protesting peacefully.

Protests sentiment was already on the rise here.

An economic slowdown made worse by the pandemic has hit Russians hard and shaken.

People's faith in their president.

Putin's not the leader, he Waas says.

Yevgenia prices in the shops keep rising.

He must have something to do with this.

Yeah, it's Booth presidents losing popularity, says Juliana.

This won't end well for him.

You could put a political opponent behind bars.

One thing you cannot do, though, is lock away.

Put out of sight.

The public mood on the Kremlin's problem is that with the economy here in difficulty, Russians feel that life is getting tougher and that means growing dissatisfaction with the authorities.

But the Kremlin has this warning.

Illegal protest Brings Chaos The last thing Russia needs it says, is another Russian revolution.