"Due to a threat to life and health." A Tomsk court has closed the criminal case against Ksenia Fadeeva, former head of Navalny's campaign.

Judge Dmitry Khudyakov of the Tomsk Sovietsky District Court granted the prosecutor's office's motion to hold a closed hearing in the criminal case against independent city council member and former head of Navalny's Tomsk headquarters, Ksenia Fadeeva. сообщается in the politician's support group's Telegram channel.

"Prosecutor's representatives cited a potential threat to the lives and health of those involved in the trial as justification for their position. Court audiences and media representatives will no longer be able to attend court hearings," the statement read.

At the previous hearing, on October 5, the same Judge Khudyakov rejected a similar motion from the prosecutor's office.

As lawyer Kirill Terekhin explained, the public will no longer be able to follow the trial and will only learn of its outcome after the verdict.

Ksenia Fadeeva is accused of organizing an extremist group and participating in the activities of an organization that infringes on citizens' rights. Fadeeva was arrested in December 2021 and faces up to 12 years in prison. Ksenia's story is on "NeMoskva." told there.

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