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Why does Putin need this? Obviously not to stop Alexei from opening a bank account,
Navalnaya said
The authorities are now essentially outlawing the defence of politically persecuted people,
the group saidLawyers cannot be persecuted for their work. Pressure on defence lawyers risks destroying the little that remains of the rule of law, whose appearance the Russian authorities are still trying to maintain,
rights group OVD-Info said in a statement
We are on trial for passing Navalny's thoughts to other people,
Kobzev said in court last week
Eight years have passed ... and in the Petushki court, people are once again on trial for discrediting officials and the state agencies,
he said in a speech published by the Novaya Gazeta newspaper
Today marks yet another low point in the already dire human rights situation in the Russian Federation,
Dutch Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp said on social media FridayDefending a client, regardless of their political views or actions, is a cornerstone of the rule of law and a universal principle enshrined in international legal standards,
the organization said last monthVadim, Alexei and Igor are political prisoners and should be released immediately,
Yulia Navalnaya, widow of Navalny, wrote in a post on X.Kobzev’s lawyer Andrei Grivtsov called the sentence “cruel,
This is a gross violation of the very principles of law,
said Pervy Otdel (First Department), a legal association that represents people accused of grave crimes
The verdict against Navalny's lawyers will be returned on 17 January at 10:00. The day Navalny came back to Russia and was imprisoned [in 2021 – ed.]. And tell me that's a coincidence, yeah,
said Ivan Zhdanov, director of the Anti-Corruption Foundation