Politician Alexei Navalny was again not included in the hearing on his claims against the colony, which was supposed to take place in the Kovrov City Court. “Team Navalny” reports this.
“This is the third day when we don’t know what’s wrong with Alexey and where he is,” his colleagues said in a statement. An employee of the Federal Penitentiary Service explained the problems with connecting to video communication as an “accident” and lack of light. Hearings on the claims were postponed to December 22.
“The chief engineer explained that they are taking all necessary measures to eliminate the emergency situation. On Monday or this evening they can fix the problems,” said Artem Krylov, a representative of IK-6, in a conversation with reporters.
On December 6 and 7, Navalny was also not included in the court hearings — the colony staff then also referred to the accident and lack of light. At the same time, these days, in IK-6, his lawyer was not allowed to see the oppositionist — the lawyer waited for a meeting for more than seven hours.
SOTAvision writes that the lawyer asked the representative of IK-6 whether he would be allowed to see Navalny today. In response to this, Krylov said that he did not see the point in the defender going to the colony today to see the oppositionist.
Earlier, Alexei Navalny said that censorship in the colony confiscates all letters from his lawyers — even the statement submitted by the defenders for an appointment with the dentist. For almost a year now, the politician has not been given the opportunity to undergo a dental examination and have his teeth treated.
In October, three lawyers of the oppositionist — Vadim Kobzev, Alexey Liptser and Igor Sergunin — were sent to a pre-trial detention center, accused of participation in an extremist community (Part 2 of Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code). Yesterday, a court in Moscow extended the arrest of all three until March 13.
According to investigators, the lawyers handed over Navalny’s letters to his supporters, thereby helping him continue “to carry out the functions of the leader and leader of the extremist community in planning, preparing, creating conditions and committing crimes of an extremist nature.”
Updated at 13:00. Information about the response of the representative of IK-6 Krylov to Navalny’s lawyer has been clarified.