Russian Court Orders Navalny to Remain in Jail Ahead of Trial
- Decision comes after Navalny allies detained over protests
- Tens of thousands of protesters joined last nationwide rally
Anastasia Vasilyeva in 2020.
Photographer: Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP/Getty Images
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A Moscow Region court rejected jailed opposition leader Alexey Navalny’s appeal to be released pending a Feb. 2 hearing.
“Everything was clear to me even before the beginning of the hearing,” Navalny told the judge after the ruling Thursday. He spoke via video link from the Moscow jail where he was taken after being arrested upon his return to Russia Jan. 17.