The trial of Navalny's "extremism" case has begun in the Vladimir region. The hearing is "open," but even his parents were barred from the courtroom—let alone journalists.
Moscow City Court regards criminal case Alexey Navalny at the off-site meeting - in IK-6, a maximum-security penal colony in the village of Melekhovo in the Vladimir region, where the politician is serving his sentence. He is accused of calling for extremism, creating an NGO that infringes on citizens' rights, financing extremism, creating an extremist community, involving minors in dangerous activities, and rehabilitating Nazism.
As the "Mediazone"Navalny immediately asked to let his parents into the courtroom, but the judge Andrey Suvorov He promised to consider the parents' issue later. Navalny's father and mother were taken into the courtroom with a live broadcast.
Journalists were also not allowed into the meeting.
"The audio quality is such that one can only guess at what the speaker means. This makes detailed coverage of Navalny's trial virtually impossible.", writes Mediazona.
"An OPEN trial in a penal colony is when even your parents aren't allowed into the courtroom.", — wrote on Twitter Kira Yarmysh, press secretary of Alexei Navalny.
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