Russia’s Supreme Court has ruled to extend the pre-trial detention of three lawyers who once represented Russia’s slain opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, and are now facing charges of extremism. The court also refused to transfer their case to a different court, even as the defense alleged a conflict of interest.
Alexei Liptser, left, and Vadim Kobzev, lawyers for Alexei Navalny , sit behind bars shown in a video link provided by the Russia n Federal Penitentiary Service during a session in Moscow City Court as the court considers an appeal on the pretrial detention, in Moscow, Russia , Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024.
According to Navalny’s allies, authorities accused the lawyers of using their status as defense attorneys to pass letters from the imprisoned politician to his team, thus serving as intermediaries between Navalny and what they called his “extremist group.”Lawyers for the three attorneys had petitioned the Supreme Court to transfer their case away from a court in Russia’s western Vladimir region, claiming it may not be objective or impartial.
Russian authorities in February also put two more of Navalny’s lawyers on a wanted list. One of them, Olga Mikhailova, who had defended the politician for a decade, said she had been previously charged in absentia with extremism after fleeing the country. The other, Alexander Fedulov, also said last year that he was no longer in Russia.
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