Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny was handed a 30-day sentence after facing a judge inside a police station on the outskirts of Moscow. Navalny accused Russian officials of “ultimate lawlessness” and urged resistance.
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was rushed to a makeshift courtroom on Monday, just a day after his arrest at a Moscow airport. The court session was set up at the police station in Khimki, on the outskirts of the Russian capital.
Navalny’s aide accused authorities of denying him access to his lawyers, saying he was notified at the last minute of the makeshift hearing.
The judge handed Navalny a sentence of 30 days in prison.
“I’ve seen a lot of mockery of justice… but they have ripped up and thrown away” Russia’s criminal code, Navalny said in a video of the proceedings that was released by his team.
“This is impossible. It’s ultimate lawlessness,” the 44-year-old added.
Navalny called on Russians to join him in protesting the government, in a video posted on YouTube from the police station.
“Do not be silent. Resist. Take to the streets,” he said. “Don’t go out for me, go out for yourself and your future,” the anti-corruption activist added…
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