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“If anyone still had illusions about the common sense of the Kremlin, it should have disappeared once and for all, while the world watched the events from Sheremetyevo airport,” wrote Prime Minister I. Šimonytė on Twitter.
Kremlin critic A. Navaln, who in Russia tried to be poisoned by the nerve-paralyzing substance “Noviciok” in August, returned to Moscow tonight and was soon arrested. The opposition qualifies the criminal cases against him as fabricated.
The president of the Seimas Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen also condemned the arrest of A. Navalnas.
“Alexei Navaln’s courage stands in stark contrast to the darkness of Russia’s current leaders. It is obvious that international attention is great, but not enough, and the Russian authorities have not stopped the usual brutal actions against Navaln and his followers. Therefore , the position of the EU as a whole must also be clear and bold.
The example of A. Navaln shows that even one person can resist the system. It is a moral duty to support such efforts. Even when that support does not seem to work in a coercive system and does not change the situation in any way. Changes! And one outside, a soldier. Both in Russia and Belarus. Because any change begins with the free will, of a specific person around whom others gather, ”wrote V. Čmilytė-Nielsen on his Facebook account.
Chancellor Gabrielius Landsbergis also condemned the arrest of A. Navalnas.
“Navaln’s arrest is completely unacceptable. We demand that he execute him immediately. The European Union must act quickly, if it is not released, we must consider imposing sanctions in response to such a terrible step,” Landsberg wrote on Twitter.
The Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent a message demanding the release of A. Navalns and the capture of those who had taken his life.
“The ministry considers 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. Navaln, who dared to challenge the government, made another inexcusable mistake in the eyes of Moscow – survived and even more so – announced who had attacked it. We demand the immediate release of A. Navalns, as well as the prosecution of the perpetrators, “said G. Landsbergis.
The Russian Prison Service (FSIN) now says Navaln, who arrived in 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.
VIDEO: A. Navalnas arrested on his return to Moscow: the plane unexpectedly landed at another airport, where the Kremlin critic was waiting for officials.
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