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Navalny: 'brought to Khimki, they did not let the lawyer in'

2021-01-18T10:44:02.221Z


Appeals for his release from the EU and the United States (ANSA) After the arrest Alexei Navalny was taken to the second department of the Ministry of the Interior in the city of Khimki, near Moscow, according to supporters of the opponent, taken up by the online newspaper Meduza. The dissident would spend the night there and his lawyer would not be allowed in by the police. "Navalny is in the second department of the Interior Ministry in Khimki. Address: Khimk


After the arrest Alexei Navalny was taken to the second department of the Ministry of the Interior in the city of Khimki, near Moscow, according to supporters of the opponent, taken up by the online newspaper Meduza.

The dissident would spend the night there and his lawyer would not be allowed in by the police.

"Navalny is in the second department of the Interior Ministry in Khimki. Address: Khimki, Prospekt Mira 23a. The lawyer has not been admitted but they promise to get him through this morning," wrote Leonid Volkov, one of the closest allies on Telegram. of Navalny, according to Meduza. 

Appeals for his release from the European Union and the United States.

Germany asks Moscow for "immediate release" of the opponent.

His arrest, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said, "is totally incomprehensible".

The President of the Council of the European Union, Charles Michel, defined the arrest as "unacceptable" and asked for his immediate release, while Lithuania has already put forward proposals for new European sanctions against Moscow.

"The arrest of Navalny on his arrival in Russia is a very serious fact, which worries us. We ask for his immediate release. And we expect his rights to be respected".

Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio writes on Twitter.

"Navalny's arrest on his return to Russia is unacceptable. Fundamental rights are not negotiable, respect for them precedes any form of cooperation and must be demanded of Italy and all of Europe: in the face of episodes like this, the sense of our Union ".

The President of the Chamber Roberto Fico writes it on twitter.

The United States also strongly condemns Navalny's arrest.

This was stated by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, expressing "great concern" for yet another attempt to silence a voice of the opposition and independent.

President-elect Joe Biden, through his National Security Advisor, calls for the dissident's immediate release.

Alexey Navalny has returned to Russia.

As he promised.

And the agents of the operative nucleus of the Federal Penitentiary Service took it over at the passport gate of the Sheremetyevo airport, as scheduled.

So no surprises, except the hijacking of the flight at the last mile (it should have landed in Vnukovo).

"This is my home, I'm happy to be here," he told the unified internet just before the arrest.

"I'm not afraid and you don't have to be afraid either."


Source: ansa

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