Alexei Navalny is appealing the court's arrest decision

The defense of blogger Alexei Navalny is appealing the court's decision to arrest him for 15 days, ITAR-TASS reports . Recall that today the court passed a sentence on him after being detained at yesterday's march towards the CEC after an opposition rally on Chistoprudny Boulevard.

Earlier today, opposition leader Ilya Yashin and designer Yegor Zhgun were given 15 days of arrest.