A local court has decided to detain Russian President Alexei Navalny, a leader of opposition forces who was detained shortly after returning from Germany for the first time in five months, for 30 days, and criticized the Putin administration from the West. Is getting stronger.
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was allegedly attacked by chemical weapons nerve agents last August and was detained at the airport on the 17th, shortly after returning from Germany for the first time in five months.
A Moscow court admitted on the 18th that Mr. Navalny had been convicted of a suspended sentence in a past criminal case but violated his obligation to inform him of his whereabouts, and was detained at a facility outside Moscow for 30 days. I decided to do it.
As Russian officials have indicated that they will seek to revoke Mr. Navalny's suspended sentence during his detention period, there is growing concern among supporters that Mr. Navalny may remain in prison.
"This detention facility is under the control of a security agency that tried to poison Mr. Navalny," said one of the directors of an organization led by Mr. Navalny, expressing a sense of crisis.
Western countries such as the United States, Great Britain, and Germany have issued a series of statements calling for the immediate release of Mr. Navalny to the Russian government, further increasing criticism of the Putin administration.