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Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny appears in a Russian court via video link at a pre-trial hearing. His team says authorities are preparing a major new trial against him. IMAGES
Vladimir (Russia), Apr 19 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Sergei Ilnitsky) Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, on a hunger strike in prison since March 31, has been transferred to a hospital for inmates in a nearby jail, the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia (FSIN, in its acronym in Russian) reported on Monday.FOOTAGE OF THE DIRECTORATE OF THE FEDERAL PENITENTIARY SERVICE FOR THE REGION OF VLADIMIR, WHERE THE REGIONAL HOSPITAL FOR CONDEMNED IS LOCATED, IN THE CITY OF VLADIMIR, ABOUT 200 KILOMETERS FROM MOSCOMETERS.SOUNDBITES OF ALEXEY LIPTSNE, ATTORNEY FOR NAVALNI, IN RUSSIAN.TRANSLATION:- "He received a visit today from an official of the Vladimir FSIN regional directorate, and he read him a notification that said that his demand that a doctor is called to be studied cannot be satisfied due to the laws, and therefore, the situation remains the same. "- "This does not lead to the solution of this situation, nothing prevents them from taking you to a specialist ...."
Russian police are present at a Moscow apartment of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny. A key Navalny aid reported that the apartment was being searched on grounds of violating sanitary and epidemiological measures, along with a second Moscow apartment owned by Navalny's wife Yulia and the Moscow office of his Anti-Corruption Foundation. IMAGES
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says the UK has sanctioned officials running the Arctic penal colony where Russian opposition figure and critic of President Vladmir Putin Alexei Navalny died, saying Britian and its allies were considering "all options to hold Russia and Putin to account". "He died for a cause to which he dedicated his whole life - freedom - and to return home knowing that Putin had already tried to have him killed is one of the most courageous acts of our time," he tells members of parliament. SOUNDBITE
EU top diplomat Josep Borrell says foreign ministers meeting with the widow of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny will send a "message of support" to the Kremlin's opponents following Navalny's death in jail. SOUNDBITE
Russian citizens hold a rally at the former embassy of Russia in Georgia's capital Tbilisi for deceased opposition politician Alexei Navalny. The building, currently the site of the Swiss Embassy, houses a Russian Federation Interests Section. The 47-year-old Kremlin critic was serving a 19-year prison sentence in the Arctic when Russian authorities announced his death, prompting fear and disbelief among his supporters. IMAGES
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