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According to the flight plan, the plane that had flown from Germany was supposed to land at Vnukov Airport, which was packed with Navaln supporters and the media, but the plane was headed for Sheremetyevo International Airport.
PHOTO GALLERY. People waiting for A. Navalnas are arrested in Russia
“I’m not scared. I’m sure everything is done,” said A. Navalnas at the airport. His speech was broadcast on “Dožd” television.
Navaln said he was not afraid to return to Russia because he wanted to accuse him of doing so at the European Court of Human Rights, especially since “Putin said he needed it” and “arrest me for nothing.”
Later, A. Navalnas went to passport control, where the police were waiting for him. After a few minutes of speaking with officials, whose leader tried to provoke Navalna to disobey, but warned of the possible use of force against him, Navalnas, who was not wearing a protective mask, said goodbye to his wife and was removed peacefully. His lawyer was not allowed to accompany him.
“The police officers were brought to the Alexei border without explaining the reason. The lawyer was not allowed to go with him,” said A. Navalnas spokeswoman Kira Jarmyš.
PHOTO GALLERY. Alexei Navaln and his wife flew from Berlin to Moscow
Before the flight, Russian police warned that Navaln, 44, was under arrest in Russia. Russian police arrested four Navaln supporters at Vnukov airport on Sunday.
Mr. Navaln was treated in Germany for several months after an attempt to poison him. Navaln says he tried to poison him on the orders of Russian FSB president Vladimir Putin.
Russia’s prison service says Navalnas, who arrived in Moscow, could face prison for violating the terms of a probation sentence imposed on him in a 2014 fraud case.
EVS President Ch. Michel: Navaln’s arrest is “unacceptable”
European Council President Charles Michel on Sunday condemned the arrest of Kremlin critic Alexei Navaln as “unacceptable” and called on the Russian authorities to release him immediately.
Navaln was detained at the Moscow airport on Sunday night when he returned to his homeland from Germany.
“The arrest of Alexei Navaln upon his arrival in Moscow is unacceptable. I call on the Russian authorities to release him immediately,” chap. Michelis.
The head of European Union diplomacy, Josep Borrell, also called for the release of the opposition.
“The Russian authorities must respect the rights of Alexei Navaln and release him immediately. The politicization of the judiciary is unacceptable,” Borrell wrote on Twitter.
Lithuania calls for EU sanctions on Russia for the arrest of A. Navalnas
Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis stated that the European Union should consider imposing sanctions against Russia for the arrest of Kremlin critic Alexei Navaln at Moscow airport after his return from Germany.
“Lithuania will immediately raise the issue of a possible European Union response and new sanctions against Russia for the arrest and prosecution of A. Navalnas,” the minister said in a press release.
It also issued a joint statement with its Latvian and Estonian counterparts, calling on the EU to “consider introducing restrictive measures.”
The report issued by the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry emphasizes that Russia’s decision to detain A. Navalnas goes beyond the principles of a civilized state governed by the rule of law and human rights enshrined by the Council of Europe.
“The ministry regards these actions by the Russian police authorities as part of the official campaign of persecution and destruction of A. Navaln initiated by Moscow. It seems that A. Navalnas, who dared to defy the government, made another inexcusable mistake in the eyes Moscow – survived and even more – announced who attacked him, “the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda and Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė also condemned the arrest of A. Navalnas.
“The gruesome arrest of Russian opposition leader A. Navaln as soon as he returns home is just another proof of the Kremlin’s efforts to systematically abuse human rights and democratic freedoms. Western democracies must not tolerate this,” he wrote G. Nausėda on Twitter.
“If anyone still had illusions about the common sense of the Kremlin, it should have disappeared now that everyone is watching the Sheremetyevo broadcast,” wrote I. Šimonytė on Twitter.
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