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Speaking to the Russian press, he said that the arrest of Alexei Navaln “should not be linked to the president in any way,” BBC Russia reported.
“The international media and Alexei Navaln himself believe that Vlaimir Putin is afraid of him, that is why he was arrested so quickly. And, as some say, with rapes, “asked the Russian journalist D. Peskov. He replied that this was” complete nonsense. “
“It just came to our attention then. In general, it is not necessary to associate the president with any violation of the laws of the Russian Federation. We know that the Federal Prison Service has had and continues to have complaints. A specific rule has been violated. true, according to statistics, in the last three years, about 18 thousand times the terms of probation have been violated. There are 18 thousand, on several occasions the appropriate measures have been taken. “
Since we are talking about a citizen of the Russian Federation, the accusations against him in this case for non-compliance with legal norms have nothing to do with the President of Russia. Therefore, they do not need to be associated with the president. And all kinds of statements about who’s afraid of things are nothing. “
The journalist later recalled that Mr. Navaln had urged people to take to the streets. “How is that invitation perceived in the Kremlin?” He asked.
“It just came to our knowledge then. We are not an institution capable of making such an assessment. On the other hand, they could be the reason for an investigation to incite people to participate in illegal activities.”
When asked if the Kremlin feared the mass protests, Peskov replied: “No, they are not afraid.”
The Kremlin on Tuesday rejected Western demands for the release of opponent Alexei Navalna, and expressed concern over his calls for mass protests.
“It just came to our attention then. We cannot and will not take these statements into account,” Dmitry Peskov, spokesman for President Vladimir Putin, told reporters.
This was the Kremlin’s first reaction to the arrest of Navaln, who had returned from Germany by plane, on Sunday.
Peskov said the Kremlin was “concerned” by calls from an opponent, who had been arrested by the court on Monday for 30 days, for “illegal” protests.
Called to take to the streets
“The court arrested Navalna for 30 days. Until February 15,” opposition spokeswoman Kira Jarmyš wrote on Twitter.
Khimki City Court Judge Jelena Morozova decided to place A. Navalnas in pre-trial detention. He is accused of violating the trial of Yves Rosher. Mr. Navaln was detained for thirty days until February 15.
Mr. Navaln will be arrested pending trial, during which it will be decided whether the opposition leader will be released. If the politician is found guilty, he will be sentenced to a real penalty of 3.5 years in prison, minus the ten months he spent under house arrest. The court hearing is scheduled for January 29.
By this time, several hundred of his followers had already gathered at the police station, where A. Navalnas was tried.
A. Navalnas himself distributed a video of the court hearing on his social networks, in which he urges not to be afraid to go out on the street.
“What are those thieves hiding in bunkers most afraid of? You and you know it very well: the people who go out into the street, that is a factor that cannot be ignored. Don’t be afraid, take to the streets, not for me, for you and for your future, “Navalnas said.
“What are these bunker robbers most afraid of? You yourself know very well how people go out on the street. Because this is the thing, the political factor that cannot be ignored. “
Alexey Navalny’s appeal from the courtroom: https://t.co/VdjHl9Jn0D pic.twitter.com/Eb1qbmdcP8
– Bulk LIVE (@navalnylive) January 18, 2021
“A band of thieves, who have been ravaging the country for twenty years, told me, and at the same time to all those who refuse to be silent,” We tried to kill you, you did not die, you insulted us so much, so we planted you for that. ” I was immediately arrested by a woman who was acting as a judge, aware that it was illegal (…) Why, like the last cowards, did they organize the process at the police station, why didn’t they let anything in, why in such a hurry? Because their grades are higher? (…) After all, they are afraid, so everything is rushed and very secret. They are afraid of you, they fear those who will stop in silence and realize their power (.. I urge you to remain silent, to resist, to take to the streets. No one else will defend us, only ourselves. If we want something, we will definitely achieve it, “said A. Navalnas.
Navaln said on Monday he faced a “mockery of justice” after Moscow police hastily held a court hearing the day after the Kremlin critic’s dramatic arrest at the capital’s airport.
Despite growing calls from western states for Navalna’s release, he was taken to a room in a police station in the Khimki suburb of the capital, where the opposition has been detained since Sunday night.
Alexei from the courtroom pic.twitter.com/Dqsa4x0qrz
– Kira Yarmysh (@Kira_Yarmysh) January 18, 2021
According to Navaln’s comrades, the opposition leader, who returned to Russia for the first time from Germany, where he was treated after the poisoning, was not allowed to meet with lawyers and was informed of the court hearing minutes before the start. .
His team posted a video showing the reaction of the overwhelmed A. Navaln.
“I saw a lot of mockery on the part of the justice, but they broke and rejected the Russian penal code,” said the politician.
“It is not possible. It is a complete anarchy,” he added.
Authorities arrested President Vladimir Putin’s opponent, 44, at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport, less than an hour after the opposition returned to Russia, despite warnings that he would be arrested.
The Russian Prison Service (FSIN) has stated that it arrested Mr. Navalnas for violating the terms of his probation in 2014 in a fraud case. The opposition itself considers the case politically motivated.
Wait brother #slobodunavalnoem pic.twitter.com/d37QSGseNt
– Samariddin Rajabov (@ IKONASTILYA420) January 18, 2021
Prosecutors can also prosecute an anti-corruption activist on suspicion of embezzlement of nearly $ 4 million. dollars donated to their organizations.
Must be judged
Kremlin critic Alexei Navaln, who was arrested upon his return to Russia for violating probation, will face trial Wednesday on individual charges of defaming a WWII veteran, Vadim Kobzev, his lawyer.
In June, a commission of investigation of serious crimes presented a lawsuit against A. Navalnas for defamation of a veteran for “humiliation of honor and dignity.”
At the time, the Inquiry Committee said the veteran had advocated in a promotional video for a constitutional amendment passed last summer that would pave the way for President Vladimir Putin to remain head of state until 2036.
Navalnas posted a video on Twitter calling the veteran and others in the clip “embarrassment to the country,” “unconscious” and “traitors.”
The study was suspended while Navaln was being treated in Germany after poisoning by a nerve paralyzing substance last August.
The 44-year-old opposition and anti-corruption activist accuses Putin of ordering him poisoned. The Kremlin categorically denies it.
Authorities arrested Navalna at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport on Sunday, less than an hour after the opposition returned to Russia, despite warnings that he would be arrested.
Navaln was officially arrested for violating the terms of a probation sentence imposed on him in a 2014 fraud case, which required him to appear before Russia’s Federal Enforcement Service twice a month.
Quarantine
During an emergency hearing at the police department on Monday, the court allowed Navalna to remain in detention until February 15.
He was later transferred to the Moscow interrogation cell Matroskaya Tishina, where he would remain in quarantine for the first 14 days.
Lawyer Kobzev told Echo Moskvy radio on Tuesday that a Moscow court hearing a defamation case against Navalnu must arrange for the opposition to be tried.
“It is not clear if this will be possible due to the 14-day quarantine,” the lawyer said, adding that he also did not know if Navaln would be able to attend the court hearing through his camera video.
According to V. Kobzev, said veteran will not be present at the court hearing because he asked to hear the case in his absence.
Up to 5 million can be awarded for defamation. rubles (56 thousand euros) and a prison sentence of five years.
On February 2, the court will consider a request from the Moscow Board of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) to replace the three-year and six-month probation sentence imposed on Navalns in 2014 with a royal custodial sentence.
Navaln and his colleagues claim that both cases are politically motivated.
Western states have strongly condemned the arrest of a Kremlin critic and demanded his immediate release.
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