Russia, Navalny sentenced to 30 days in prison
Navalny arrest, the spokeswoman: "They don't let him talk to the lawyer"
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January 19, 2021Aleksei Navalny's group of supporters accepted the invitation of the Russian opponent and called "large-scale demonstrations across Russia" for Saturday 23 January.
This was announced by Navalny's collaborators on social media, also publishing information on the place and time of gathering of demonstrators for each city.
"See you in the squares of our country", reads the tweet of the opposition's staff, arrested at Sheremetevo airport just arrived from Berlin.
The next day a Russian court imposed 30 days in prison and Navalny had launched an appeal: "Take to the streets, not for me but for your future: grandfather-Putin is afraid".
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- Alexey Navalny (@navalny) January 18, 2021
Moscow however does not intend to heed the pro-Navalny requests from foreign leaders about its situation and has made it known that it does not fear protests in Russia.
No interference from abroad
The Kremlin spokesman, Dmitri Peskov, reports the Tass agency, was keen to emphasize Moscow's interest in having good relations with other countries, adding however that such relations cannot in any way be defined " from a single citizen "and that" it is a completely internal issue in Russia, we will not allow anyone to interfere ".
Peskov, denounced the "alarming appeals" of President Putin's main political opponent for his supporters to protest en masse against his detention.
In prison until at least February 15
Arrested yesterday on his return to Russia, Navalny was sentenced, with a trial held at the police station, to 30 days in prison.
On February 2, the hearing on the commutation of the 3 years and 6 months of imprisonment imposed in the Yves Rocher trial should be held, while appeals for release from the UN, Biden and the EU.