“It is very important that the meetings are open ... We are convinced that a process that excludes coverage of the court debate is a way to hide the true lack of evidence against Alexander and not allow the public and the media to know what is really happening in the case of Alexander Vinnik” , - she said.
Konstantopulu emphasized that the defense would “insist that Alexander Vinnik’s right to hold a public hearing be respected.”
On February 17, the Paris Court of Appeal left Vinnik in custody, rejecting the appeal of the defense.
Since January 23, the Russian has been in France, where he was extradited from Greece.
Alexander Vinnik was arrested in Greece in 2017 at the request of the United States, where he is accused of creating, without a license from the American authorities, a cryptocurrency exchange through which, according to Washington, billions of dollars were laundered.