RUSSIA-NAVALNY COURT Top Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny arrives to court for criminal hearing

Record ID: 862563

  • Title: RUSSIA-NAVALNY COURT Top Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny arrives to court for criminal hearing
  • Date: 19th December 2014
  • Summary: MOSCOW, RUSSIA (DECEMBER 19, 2014) (REUTERS) ****WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** MOSCOW ZAMOSKVORETSKY COURT BUILDING RUSSIAN FLAG ENTRANCE TO COURT BUILDING PLAQUE ON WALL WITH NAME OF COURT MAN WITH SIGN READING IN RUSSIA 'NOT COURT BUT EXECUTION', PEOPLE PASSING BY POLICE OFFICERS IN STREET FEDERAL SERVICE FOR PUNISHMENT AND EXECUTION CAR ARRIVING MAN WITH SIGN READING (Russian): 'NOT COURT BUT EXECUTION' RUSSIAN OPPOSITION LEADER ALEXEI NAVALNY GETTING OUT OF CAR NAVALNY AND JOURNALISTS WALKING TO COURT VARIOUS OF NAVALNY ENTERING COURT BUILDING VARIOUS OF COURT ROOM NAVALNY'S LAWYER OLGA MIKHAILOVA PEOPLE IN COURT INCLUDING NAVALNY'S WIFE YULIA (IN BLUE) NAVALNY ENTERING COURT ROOM EMPTY JUDGES' CHAIRS NAVALNY TAKING SEAT NEXT TO LAWYERS LAWYERS OLGA MIKHAILOVA AND VADIM KOBZEV NAVALNY SITTING, HIS WIFE SEEN ON THE RIGHT NAVALNY'S LAPTOP WITH PUTIN'S PORTRAIT AND STICKER READING (Russian) 'THIEF' NAVALNY WITH LAPTOP IN FRONT OF HIM PEOPLE IN COURT COURT BUILDING, CAR DRIVING BY
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  • Story Text: A Moscow court on Friday (December 19) extended a term of house arrest for Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny on trial for stealing more than 30 million roubles (£317,743), charges he dismisses as part of a campaign by President Vladimir Putin to stifle dissent.
    Judge Elena Korobchenko endorsed the state prosecutors' motion to extend Navalny's house arrest for another month when the current term expires on Jan. 15. Navalny smiled ironically when the decision was announced.
    Navalny and his brother, who is also on trial, are accused of stealing from two firms, including an affiliate of the French cosmetics company Yves Rocher. They deny any wrongdoing.
    Navalny, a Western-educated anti-corruption blogger, and his allies ridicule the case as the Kremlin's attempt to mount pressure on critics after he led mass street protests against Putin in 2011 and 2012.
    Navalny was sentenced to five years in jail last year for embezzling 16 million roubles in another case Kremlin critics dismiss as trumped-up. His sentence was later suspended.
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