At the exit from Pokrovskaya IK-2, the police detained oppositionist Alexei Navalny's lawyers Olga Mikhailova and Vadim Kobzev. This is reported by the correspondent of Mediazone. «Don't worry, I'll be released no later than the spring of 2051.» Navalny's Guide to Criminal Cases
They were taken to the police bus when they went out to the journalists after the announcement of the politician's verdict and began to answer questions about the process. The police began to demand through a megaphone “to clear the roadway” and not “to interfere with the normal work of the special institution.”
Soon, Kobzev clarified that they were released and “even kindly brought back to the car.”
Navalny was today sentenced to 9 years in a strict regime colony for donation fraud FBK and contempt of court. The Lefortovo District Court of Moscow considered the case at an offsite hearing in a colony where the oppositionist is already serving a sentence in the Yves Rocher case< /span>.
❗️Navalny's lawyers are being detained
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Updated at 4:48 pm Added information about release of lawyers.