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Alexei Navalny placed under house arrest in Russia
Source: Agence France-Presse
Alexei Navalny placed under house arrest in Russia
Agence France-Press in Moscow
theguardian.com, Friday 28 February 2014 10.42 GMT
A court in Moscow has ordered the Russian protest leader Alexei Navalny to be placed under house arrest, after a request from investigators working on an embezzlement case.
Navalny and his brother Oleg face charges of stealing and laundering a total of 51m rubles (£840,000) from the cosmetics company Yves Rocher and a Russian firm.
Investigators had already made Navalny sign a pledge not to leave Moscow but asked for his restrictions to be stepped up to house arrest, arguing that he had repeatedly violated the restrictions imposed on him. As well as being unable to leave his home in the Moscow region, the new restrictions imposed by a district court mean Navalny will only be able to talk to relatives, investigators and his defence lawyers.
Crucially for a figure who has emerged as one of the main challengers to President Vladimir Putin through a widely followed blog, he will not be able to use the internet. Noir will he be able to send or receive letters or talk to the press.
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Agence France-Press in Moscow
theguardian.com, Friday 28 February 2014 10.42 GMT
A court in Moscow has ordered the Russian protest leader Alexei Navalny to be placed under house arrest, after a request from investigators working on an embezzlement case.
Navalny and his brother Oleg face charges of stealing and laundering a total of 51m rubles (£840,000) from the cosmetics company Yves Rocher and a Russian firm.
Investigators had already made Navalny sign a pledge not to leave Moscow but asked for his restrictions to be stepped up to house arrest, arguing that he had repeatedly violated the restrictions imposed on him. As well as being unable to leave his home in the Moscow region, the new restrictions imposed by a district court mean Navalny will only be able to talk to relatives, investigators and his defence lawyers.
Crucially for a figure who has emerged as one of the main challengers to President Vladimir Putin through a widely followed blog, he will not be able to use the internet. Noir will he be able to send or receive letters or talk to the press.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/28/alexei-navalny-russia-opposition-leader-house-arrest
