Jailed Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny said he faces a new “terrorist case,” in what could mean decades more in prison for the outspoken critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin
. In comments posted on Twitter, Navalny said that despite his jail term he was accused of committing “terrorist attacks” and that he had been told the case would be heard by a military court. He said the new terror case is separate from an extremism case against him, on which there was a hearing at Moscow’s Basmanny district court on Wednesday. His comments come as his daughter, Daria Navalnaya, told CNN that the Russian authorities were depriving her father of food.
said there were 196 volumes of documents related to this case. said that the court would consider the issue again after 5 May. ‘He can’t eat’ Navalny’s daughter Daria meanwhile raised concerns that Navalny been losing weight dramatically while imprisoned, as a result of prison authorities allegedly limiting “the amount of food he can purchase” in his prison’s canteen. “Now the situation has gotten so ridiculous that he buys the food which is, you know, oats – he buys the oats, the oats are brought to him, shown to him, and then are just destroyed.
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