00:34Representatives of about 20 diplomatic missions arrived in Moscow City Court on Tuesday to attend the hearing on Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny’s parole revocation.
The footage shows service vehicles with diplomatic license plates near the court building.
Diplomats of such countries as the USA, Poland, Bulgaria, Latvia, Austria, and Switzerland are reported to be present.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova commented that the foreign diplomats' attendance at the hearing "is not only an interference in the domestic affairs but self-revelation of the unappealing and illegal role of the collective West in its attempts to deter Russia".
The anti-corruption campaigner Alexei Navalny 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. The Federal Penal Correction Service is seeking a 3,5-year imprisonment sentence.
Russia: Representatives of about 20 diplomatic missions arrive at Moscow court to attend Navalny hearing
Representatives of about 20 diplomatic missions arrived in Moscow City Court on Tuesday to attend the hearing on Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny’s parole revocation.
The footage shows service vehicles with diplomatic license plates near the court building.
Diplomats of such countries as the USA, Poland, Bulgaria, Latvia, Austria, and Switzerland are reported to be present.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova commented that the foreign diplomats' attendance at the hearing "is not only an interference in the domestic affairs but self-revelation of the unappealing and illegal role of the collective West in its attempts to deter Russia".
The anti-corruption campaigner Alexei Navalny 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. The Federal Penal Correction Service is seeking a 3,5-year imprisonment sentence.
Representatives of about 20 diplomatic missions arrived in Moscow City Court on Tuesday to attend the hearing on Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny’s parole revocation.
The footage shows service vehicles with diplomatic license plates near the court building.
Diplomats of such countries as the USA, Poland, Bulgaria, Latvia, Austria, and Switzerland are reported to be present.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova commented that the foreign diplomats' attendance at the hearing "is not only an interference in the domestic affairs but self-revelation of the unappealing and illegal role of the collective West in its attempts to deter Russia".
The anti-corruption campaigner Alexei Navalny 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. The Federal Penal Correction Service is seeking a 3,5-year imprisonment sentence.