Alexei Navalny was arrested on Sunday after landing in Moscow.
After 14 hours nothing has been heard from him, he may now face a lawsuit in an express court.
Moscow - As soon as he
landed
in
Russia
, the Russian authorities were waiting for him.
Putin critic Alexei
Navalny is now apparently to be sentenced by an emergency court.
And possibly at a police station.
The spokeswoman for Navalny, Kira Jarmysch, wrote on Monday on Twitter that his
“trial” was
starting “now” - 12.30 p.m. in Moscow, 10.30 a.m. German time.
Shortly thereafter, she posted a video in which Navalny speaks.
He was taken out of a cell so that he can see his lawyers.
Then he was taken to this
police station
.
“I don't understand,” says Navalny.
According to the picture, he calls the action against him a "peak of lawlessness".
In other photos that Nawalny's spokeswoman retweeted, you can see people waiting and a camera team in a narrow room.
Алексея из зала «суда» pic.twitter.com/Dqsa4x0qrz
- Кира Ярмыш (@Kira_Yarmysh) January 18, 2021
Navalny had left on Sunday after five months in Germany, where he was
recovering
from an attack with the neurotoxin
Novitschok
.
After arriving in Moscow, he was arrested.
The judiciary had put him out to be wanted.
The Kremlin critic is said to have violated probation requirements in a previous criminal case while he was in Germany.
Navalny criticizes the action against him as politically motivated.
(cibo / dpa)