٠٠:٠١:٢٧More than a dozen foreign diplomats attended the parole review hearing of Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny at Moscow City Court on Tuesday.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova commented that the foreign diplomats' attendance "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 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. Navalny faces a three-and-a-half-year sentence in prison if convicted.
Russia: Foreign diplomats attend Navalny parole hearing
More than a dozen foreign diplomats attended the parole review hearing of Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny at Moscow City Court on Tuesday.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova commented that the foreign diplomats' attendance "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 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. Navalny faces a three-and-a-half-year sentence in prison if convicted.
More than a dozen foreign diplomats attended the parole review hearing of Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny at Moscow City Court on Tuesday.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova commented that the foreign diplomats' attendance "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 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. Navalny faces a three-and-a-half-year sentence in prison if convicted.