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Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said on Monday his treatment was beyond a 'mockery of justice' as he was brought before a hastily organised court a day after his dramatic airport arrest.

The leading Kremlin critic emerged a decade with his Anti-Corruption Foundation publishing anti-graft investigations that often reveal the lavish lifestyles of the Russian elite.

Navalny accused Putin of ordering the attack, a claim the Kremlin vehemently denies. Russian police have not opened an investigation citing a lack of evidence.His arrest on Sunday drew widespread Western condemnation, with the United States, European Union, France and Canada all calling for his release.

"He must be immediately released. Rather than persecuting Mr Navalny Russia should explain how a chemical weapon came to be used on Russian soil," Raab wrote on Twitter.

 

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