“The demand received today from the ECHR to release Navalny is unprecedented for several reasons.
Firstly, this is a clear and gross interference in the activities of the judiciary of a sovereign state, ”Interfax quotes the minister.
Secondly, he noted, the claim is unreasonable and unlawful, since it does not "contain any indication of any fact or rule of law that would allow the court to make such a decision."
According to him, the requirement of the ECHR "is deliberately unenforceable, since in accordance with Russian law there are no legal grounds for the release of this person from custody."
Earlier, the European Court of Human Rights called on Russia to immediately release Alexei Navalny.