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Judge Dmitrijus Balašovas did not agree with the appeal against the sentence announced on February 2 that in a case brought against A. Navalnas, the probation sentence imposed in 2014 should be imposed with an actual prison sentence.
“It has been decided not to satisfy the appeals of the lawyers,” the court said.
The judge decided to include in the sentence six weeks of house arrest for A. Navaln, for which he will be sent to a correctional colony for more than a year and a half.
Navaln, a 44-year-old anti-corruption activist and President Vladimir Putin’s most famous opposition, was arrested on January 17 after arriving at a Moscow airport in Germany, where he was being treated for his nerve paralyzing Novičiok after poisoning. last summer. . He blames the Kremlin and the Federal Security Service (FSB) for this poisoning.
Navaln and his supporters say the recent court rulings and various other lawsuits against him are just a pretext to suspend his anti-corruption investigations and undermine his political ambitions.
Earlier, opposition defenders told the Interfax news agency that they would continue to do everything possible to free Navaln and that they would go to the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe for breach of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).
On Saturday, Navaln will be brought to another court hearing in another trial in which he is accused of defaming a World War II veteran. A. Navalnas called him a “traitor” in his Twitter message when a veteran appeared in a pro-Kremlin video advertising amendments to the Constitution.
Prosecutors demand that 950,000 be assigned to A. Navalnas. rubles (10.6 thousand euros) fine. They are also seeking to replace the probation sentence imposed in 2014 with an actual custodial sentence, as Navalno’s message was published before his probationary period ended.
Diplomats from embassies of nine countries, including Lithuania, and representatives of the European Union arrived in Moscow on Saturday to observe court hearings, in which two cases of Kremlin critic Alexei Navaln will be heard at the same time.
“Representatives from the embassies of Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Poland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark and the EU were admitted to the court without hindrance and are currently attending the hearing,” said Babushkin court spokeswoman Aleksandra Saveljeva , to the Interfax news agency.
The legality of the decision to commute the probation sentence previously imposed on Navalns to an actual prison sentence of 3.5 years will be discussed at an external hearing of the Moscow City Court on Saturday.
In addition, the Magistrates’ Court will continue to investigate charges against the opposition of defaming a war veteran.
In early February, Navalnas was sentenced to an actual sentence of two years and eight months in prison for violating the conditions of the probation sentence imposed on him in 2014 in a robbery case.
Previously, Navaln and his lawyers expressed the opinion that this Moscow court decision was illegal and would seek its annulment.
In another case, the allegations relate to the fact that people who appeared in a Kremlin-sponsored video promoting constitutional reforms, including this veteran, were branded as shameful and treacherous by the country last June.
Navaln was arrested on January 17 after arriving at a Moscow airport in Germany, where he was being treated for his nerve-paralyzing substance “Noviciok” after last summer’s poisoning, of which he accuses the Kremlin and the Federal Security Service. (FSB).
His arrest in many Russian cities sparked mass demonstrations on two consecutive weekends during which more than 10,000 were detained by security forces. people.
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