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| Court date for jailed opposition figure Alexey Navalny brought forward to Thursday as allies call for another weekend of protests | Court date for jailed opposition figure Alexey Navalny brought forward to Thursday as allies call for another weekend of protests |
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| An appeal from the lawyers of detained anti-corruption campaigner Alexey Navalny will be heard later this week, an associate revealed on Tuesday, as his supporters say they're working to organize another wave of protests. | An appeal from the lawyers of detained anti-corruption campaigner Alexey Navalny will be heard later this week, an associate revealed on Tuesday, as his supporters say they're working to organize another wave of protests. |
| Leonid Volkov, one of Navalny’s most high-profile allies, took to Twitter to post a copy of a letter received by advocates working for the opposition figure from Khimkinsky Court, in the Moscow region. In it, jurists confirm that a plea will be heard on Thursday to release Navalny from Matrosskaya Tishina prison, where he is currently awaiting a full trial, due to take place in early February. | Leonid Volkov, one of Navalny’s most high-profile allies, took to Twitter to post a copy of a letter received by advocates working for the opposition figure from Khimkinsky Court, in the Moscow region. In it, jurists confirm that a plea will be heard on Thursday to release Navalny from Matrosskaya Tishina prison, where he is currently awaiting a full trial, due to take place in early February. |
| Volkov added that “all of a sudden, the gears of ‘justice’ have started turning, and today the lawyers have been notified that the appeal against the arrest has been scheduled for 28 January – the day after tomorrow. Completely out of the blue.” | Volkov added that “all of a sudden, the gears of ‘justice’ have started turning, and today the lawyers have been notified that the appeal against the arrest has been scheduled for 28 January – the day after tomorrow. Completely out of the blue.” |
| Instead of welcoming the speedy consideration of Navalny’s case to be released from behind bars, Volkov suggested it was a “Kremlin game.” “Let's not pay too much attention to it,” he added, urging activists too stick to their plans and go ahead with further protests this coming weekend. | Instead of welcoming the speedy consideration of Navalny’s case to be released from behind bars, Volkov suggested it was a “Kremlin game.” “Let's not pay too much attention to it,” he added, urging activists too stick to their plans and go ahead with further protests this coming weekend. |
| Last weekend, hundreds of people, including a number of children, were detained by police at rallies across the country. Dozens of officers and demonstrators were injured, and footage of the violence was shared widely online. | Last weekend, hundreds of people, including a number of children, were detained by police at rallies across the country. Dozens of officers and demonstrators were injured, and footage of the violence was shared widely online. |
| Earlier this month, a court jailed Navalny for 30 days after he landed at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport. He is accused of violating the terms of a three-and-a-half year sentence, suspended for a total of six years, handed down for a previous fraud conviction. He had been transferred to Berlin’s Charite hospital in a comatose state after what his supporters say was a state-sponsored assassination attempt with the nerve agent Novichok. | Earlier this month, a court jailed Navalny for 30 days after he landed at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport. He is accused of violating the terms of a three-and-a-half year sentence, suspended for a total of six years, handed down for a previous fraud conviction. He had been transferred to Berlin’s Charite hospital in a comatose state after what his supporters say was a state-sponsored assassination attempt with the nerve agent Novichok. |
| The Kremlin has denied and ridiculed those claims, with President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, adding that Navalny has a “persecution complex” and allegedly compares himself to Jesus. | The Kremlin has denied and ridiculed those claims, with President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, adding that Navalny has a “persecution complex” and allegedly compares himself to Jesus. |
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