Alexei Navalny was arrested for 30 days

Opposition politician Navalny was arrested by the court for 30 days, until February 15, the judge announced the decision. The court hearing at the request of the Federal Penitentiary Service to replace his probationary period with a real one in the Yves Rocher case is scheduled for January 29 - his oppositionist will wait behind bars.

The meeting was chaired by Khimki city court judge Elena Morozova, reported Dozhd . According to the channel, she has so far dealt only with small cases such as illegal migration and "stayers", but the reviews about her are the most negative.

on Twitter that the Interior Ministry is asking to arrest Navalny for 30 days wrote FBK lawyer Ivan Zhdanov . He expressed bewilderment as to why the arrest was requested for this period, and not until the January 29 meeting. Initially, it was assumed that the judge would start reading the decision at 15.45 Moscow time, but the announcement was delayed by exactly one hour.

On Monday, January 18, the very next day after the oppositionist was detained at Sheremetyevo Airport, a trial began on the choice of a measure of restraint for him. The court session began without serving a summons, right in the building of the Khimki police department. Navalny called what is happening "the highest degree of lawlessness."

Before making a decision, the department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Moscow Region explained the off-site meeting by the fact that “the conditionally convicted Navalny did not have up-to-date test results for coronavirus infection.” For the same reason, access to the courtroom is restricted.

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Lawyers interviewed by The Bell agree that such an “exit” court session is allowed by law, but it is extremely unusual and, in the case of Navalny, looks unreasonable. Regarding the real term that the court can assign to him on January 29, their opinions differed : the option of three months, and the full term of 3.5 years is also possible. How Navalny was met at Vnukovo and Sheremetyevo the day before, you can read here , about the reaction to his detention abroad - here .