A Russian court ordered Monday, January 18, the detention of the opponent Alexeï Navalny for 30 days from his controversial arrest the day before, on his arrival in Moscow, after five months of convalescence.
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Alexeï Navalny is detained for 30 days, until February 15,
" said his lawyer Vadim Kobzev on Twitter.
Russian prison services arrested Alexeï Navalny on Sunday, who they blame for violating the conditions of a suspended prison sentence he received in 2014.
Poisoned by a Novichok-type nerve agent and fallen into a coma, the Russian political opponent had been recovering for 5 months in Germany.
Thursday, January 14, the FSIN had affirmed its desire to arrest Navalany while the latter had announced his return.
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The Federal Service of Russian Prisons is obliged to take all necessary measures to arrest the offender Alexeï Navalny, pending a court decision to replace his suspended sentence with a firm (prison) sentence
", is- he writes in a press release.
After the announcement of the Russian court, Alexeï Navalny called on the Russians to "
go out into the streets
" to counter power.
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What these bandits
(in power)
fear the most, you know, is that people take to the streets (...) so don't be afraid, take to the streets, not for me but for you - even, for your future,
”he said in a video filmed in the courtroom and posted on social media.
