Three Navalny lawyers go on trial in Russia for ‘extremism’

Vadim Kobzev, Alexei Liptser and Igor Sergunin accused of passing messages between jailed opposition leader and alliesThree lawyers who represented the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny have gone on trial for “extremism”.Navalny died in February in unclear circumstances in an Arctic prison colony where he was serving a 19-year sentence for leading an “extremist” organisation. Continue reading...

Three Navalny lawyers go on trial in Russia for ‘extremism’

Vadim Kobzev, Alexei Liptser and Igor Sergunin accused of passing messages between jailed opposition leader and allies

Three lawyers who represented the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny have gone on trial for “extremism”.

Navalny died in February in unclear circumstances in an Arctic prison colony where he was serving a 19-year sentence for leading an “extremist” organisation. Continue reading...