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Alexei Navalny barred from leaving Russia to attend ECHR hearing
Source: Agence France-Presse
Alexei Navalny barred from leaving Russia to attend ECHR hearing
Agence France-Presse in Moscow
Tue 13 Nov 2018 09.51 GMT
The Russian opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, has been prevented from flying out of a Moscow airport to travel to France for a hearing at the European court of human rights in Strasbourg.
“Border guards are saying that leaving is forbidden for me. There is some kind of letter that says I am prohibited from leaving, but there is no explanation why,” Navalny tweeted.
He said he had planned to board a flight to Frankfurt and on to Strasbourg, where the court is expected to rule on Thursday on whether his detentions in Russia this year were politically motivated.
The hearing could prove a major embarrassment for the Kremlin, which routinely dismisses Navalny, arguably Russia’s most popular opposition figure, as a troublemaker with no political backing.
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Agence France-Presse in Moscow
Tue 13 Nov 2018 09.51 GMT
The Russian opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, has been prevented from flying out of a Moscow airport to travel to France for a hearing at the European court of human rights in Strasbourg.
“Border guards are saying that leaving is forbidden for me. There is some kind of letter that says I am prohibited from leaving, but there is no explanation why,” Navalny tweeted.
He said he had planned to board a flight to Frankfurt and on to Strasbourg, where the court is expected to rule on Thursday on whether his detentions in Russia this year were politically motivated.
The hearing could prove a major embarrassment for the Kremlin, which routinely dismisses Navalny, arguably Russia’s most popular opposition figure, as a troublemaker with no political backing.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/13/alexei-navalny-barred-from-leaving-russia-attend-echr-hearing
