02:47A military court in Moscow on Monday upheld a decision by Russia’s Investigative Committee not to open a probe into the alleged poisoning of opposition figure Alexei Navalny.
Speaking outside the 235th Garrison Court, Vyacheslav Gimadi, a lawyer at Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK), stated that he considered the decision "illegal and unjustified".
"We will appeal it in the second western district military court. If it won’t lead to an inspection and the initiation of a criminal case, we will send these materials to the European Court of Human Rights," he said.
Navalny spent nearly five months recovering in Germany from an alleged Novichok nerve agent attack. After returning to Russia in January, he was sentenced to two years and eight months in prison for violating parole conditions for a 2014 embezzlement conviction.
Russia: Military court upholds decision not to investigate Navalny's alleged poisoning
A military court in Moscow on Monday upheld a decision by Russia’s Investigative Committee not to open a probe into the alleged poisoning of opposition figure Alexei Navalny.
Speaking outside the 235th Garrison Court, Vyacheslav Gimadi, a lawyer at Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK), stated that he considered the decision "illegal and unjustified".
"We will appeal it in the second western district military court. If it won’t lead to an inspection and the initiation of a criminal case, we will send these materials to the European Court of Human Rights," he said.
Navalny spent nearly five months recovering in Germany from an alleged Novichok nerve agent attack. After returning to Russia in January, he was sentenced to two years and eight months in prison for violating parole conditions for a 2014 embezzlement conviction.
A military court in Moscow on Monday upheld a decision by Russia’s Investigative Committee not to open a probe into the alleged poisoning of opposition figure Alexei Navalny.
Speaking outside the 235th Garrison Court, Vyacheslav Gimadi, a lawyer at Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK), stated that he considered the decision "illegal and unjustified".
"We will appeal it in the second western district military court. If it won’t lead to an inspection and the initiation of a criminal case, we will send these materials to the European Court of Human Rights," he said.
Navalny spent nearly five months recovering in Germany from an alleged Novichok nerve agent attack. After returning to Russia in January, he was sentenced to two years and eight months in prison for violating parole conditions for a 2014 embezzlement conviction.