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Russian police authorities detain Russian dissident Alexei Navalny upon his arrival in Moscow.
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Navalny and his wife at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport – January 17, 2021 (AFP).
On Sunday, Russian police authorities arrested opponent Alexei Navalny upon his arrival at Sheremetyevo airport from Germany, in compliance with a previous court order issued against him on fraud charges.
A statement from the Russian Law Enforcement Authority stated: “Citizen Navalny has been arrested based on a decision issued in December 2020 by the authority, according to which Navalny was included in the list of persons wanted for systematic violations. of the conditions of probation, with an order to take action to arrest him when his whereabouts are determined.
The statement added that “further action against Navalny will be determined by the Russian judiciary.”
Informed sources stated that “the Navalny plane flight was supposed to land at the airport (Vnukovo) until it was diverted to (Sheremetyevo) due to the low temperature and lack of preparation of the runway for landing at (Vnukovo) , and for the safety of the passengers, the runway was closed and the flights were diverted. Coming to other airports. “
The SS and police dispersed crowds of Russian opposition supporters and others who came to monitor Navalny’s arrival from Germany.
Navalny announced his intention to return to Russia, although the authorities confirmed their intention to arrest him upon his arrival in the country, for violating the terms of suspension of the execution of the prison sentence previously handed down against him for fraud.
On August 20, the Russian opposition was transferred in a coma to a hospital in the Russian city of Omsk, after his health suddenly deteriorated while he was on a plane heading from Tomsk to Moscow.
Several days later, the Russian government agreed, at the request of the Navalny family, to transfer him to Germany, and Berlin later announced the discovery of evidence confirming that the exhibitors were poisoned by the use of “Novichok”.
Moscow denies the validity of these accusations, saying that “the tests that the exhibitors underwent in Omsk did not reveal traces of toxic substances on their body.”
For months, Moscow accused Berlin of refusing to cooperate to investigate the alleged poisoning, while Russian President Vladimir Putin accused foreign intelligence services of fabricating the case.
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