Imprisoned Kremlin foe Navalny refuses to leave his cell and skips a court hearing as a protest

MOSCOW (AP) — Allies of imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny say he has refused to leave his cell and skipped a court hearing in protest after his writing supplies were taken away. Navalny is serving a 19-year prison term and was due to join the court hearing by video Monday in one of many lawsuits he had filed against his prison. The hearing was adjourned until Nov. 2. Navalny is President Vladimir Putin’s fiercest foe. He was arrested in 2021 after a nerve agent poisoning that he blamed on the Kremlin. He has since been handed three prison terms, most recently on the charges of extremism, and has faced unrelenting pressure from the authorities.