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Officers stand guard outside the police station near Moscow where Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny's detention hearing is held. Navalny said he was facing a "mockery of justice" as police organised a makeshift court hearing a day after his dramatic airport arrest. The Kremlin critic returned to Russia for the first time since being poisoned with a nerve agent in August, was denied access to his lawyers and notified at the last minute of the hearing. IMAGES
US investor Michael Calvey and French banker Philippe Delpal attend their hearing concerning the extension of their house arrest. Delpal, a senior executive in investment firm Baring Vostok, was arrested in February together with company chief Michael Calvey and other suspects. The case alleges that Calvey, Delpal, and other suspects defrauded Russia's Vostochny Bank of 2.5 billion rubles ($38.7 million) -- charges they deny as fabricated by a competitor. IMAGES
The United States renews calls for Russia to free Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich after his detention was extended until August 30. "The claims against Evan are baseless and we continue to call for his immediate release as well as for the immediate release of Paul Whelan," State Department spokesman Matthew Miller tells reporters, referring to Gershhovich and detained former marine Whelan. SOUNDBITE
Celine Lasek, Pierre Palmade's lawyer, leaves Paris Court of Appeal, after attending a hearing on the possible return to pre-trial detention of the French comedian, who was released this week in the investigation into the road accident he caused. The public prosecutor, Remy Heitz, said the decision would be made on Tuesday. IMAGES
The French National Assembly observed a minute's silence in tribute to the victims of the deadly attack on a concert hall on the outskirts of Moscow, claimed by the jihadist group Islamic State (IS). IMAGES
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