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“We are watching with great concern the situation awaiting the return of Alexei Navaln to Moscow. There are indications that an attempt may be made to stop him. In my opinion, the European Union must be prepared to react immediately to such possible restrictions on the freedom of a woman. person who just survived an attack, “Landsbergis told BNS.
“I think that if A. Navalnas is arrested, Lithuania could offer new sanctions to those who contribute to it,” he added.
According to Landsberg, the EU should act as soon as it is clear that Navaln is under arrest.
“We are currently discussing with some EU countries what our next actions might be, but at the moment we are waiting for a fatal plane landing,” said the Lithuanian Foreign Minister.
The 44-year-old Russian opposition leader returns to Moscow from Germany on Sunday night, where he was treated for several months after trying to poison him. According to A. Navaln, this attempt was organized on the instructions of Russian President Vladimir Putin. The politician felt ill during a flight from Siberia to Moscow in August and was later flown by medical plane to Berlin.
Western experts discovered that he was poisoned by the nerve paralyzing substance Novičiok, developed in the Soviet Union.
The Kremlin denies having contributed in any way to the attack, and Russian investigators say there is no reason to launch an investigation.
The Russian Prison Service (FSIN) now says Navalnas, who came to Moscow, could face jail for violating the terms of a probation sentence imposed on him in a 2014 fraud case. Prosecutors can also prosecute a Anti-corruption activist on suspicion of embezzlement of nearly $ 4 million. dollars donated to their organizations.
Navaln, considered the face of the Russian protest movement for about a decade, became famous as an anti-corruption blogger and organizer of anti-government demonstrations.
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