Poisoned Russian opposition leader was detained on return to Moscow from Berlin on Sunday
Alexei Navalny has appeared in court for the first time following his arrest at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport, amid growing international condemnation of the Russian opposition leader’s detention.
In a video Navalny called the court hearing “lawlessness of the highest order” and said a judge was reviewing a request from a police official to keep him in custody. “What’s happening here is impossible,” he complained.
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