01:30Police detained several supporters of Alexei Navalny outside of the Moscow City Court, where the opposition figure’s parole revocation hearing is taking place on Tuesday.
The anti-corruption campaigner was taken into custody on January 17 upon his return to Russia from Germany, where he spent nearly five months recovering from an alleged Novichok nerve agent attack.
On January 18, Navalny was sentenced to 30 days in jail for breaching parole conditions of a suspended sentence from a 2014 embezzlement conviction.
Russia: Police detain protesters outside Moscow court ahead of scheduled Navalny hearing
Police detained several supporters of Alexei Navalny outside of the Moscow City Court, where the opposition figure’s parole revocation hearing is taking place on Tuesday.
The anti-corruption campaigner was taken into custody on January 17 upon his return to Russia from Germany, where he spent nearly five months recovering from an alleged Novichok nerve agent attack.
On January 18, Navalny was sentenced to 30 days in jail for breaching parole conditions of a suspended sentence from a 2014 embezzlement conviction.
Police detained several supporters of Alexei Navalny outside of the Moscow City Court, where the opposition figure’s parole revocation hearing is taking place on Tuesday.
The anti-corruption campaigner was taken into custody on January 17 upon his return to Russia from Germany, where he spent nearly five months recovering from an alleged Novichok nerve agent attack.
On January 18, Navalny was sentenced to 30 days in jail for breaching parole conditions of a suspended sentence from a 2014 embezzlement conviction.