"For some reason, he refuses to leave." Prison staff used force against Alexei Navalny, who refused to leave his cell in protest.

About it сообщил associate of a politician Ivan Zhdanov.

According to him, this morning Alexey Navalny He refused to leave his prison cell and participate in the court hearing regarding his lawsuit against the penal colony. The reason for his protest was that all his writing materials had been confiscated.

«Security officers in helmets entered the cell and, using force, dragged him to the investigator.“- Ivan Zhdanov clarified.

Previously published by SOTA told, that Alexei Navalny, for the first time in a year and a half of legal proceedings, did not appear to participate in the hearing.

«For some reason unrelated to the current case, he refuses to go into the room where the video conference is organized, — a representative of the Federal Penitentiary Service explained to journalists. — The institution's administration cannot legally compel or force him to participate; there are no grounds for doing so. It is his right to participate or not to participate in the meeting.".

Last week the country left Navalny's last lawyer - Alexander FedulovThree more lawyers for the politician are located under arrest: they are accused of “participating in an extremist community.” Since October 18, Navalny’s lawyer has been Leonid Soloviev.

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