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Russian opposition leader Navalny barred from leaving Russia
« on: November 13, 2018, 04:44:17 pm »
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Russian opposition leader Navalny barred from leaving Russia

MOSCOW — Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was stopped at the border Tuesday and barred from leaving Russia as he was about to travel to a court hearing at the European Court for Human Rights in France.

Navalny said in a blog post on Tuesday that he was due to attend a hearing at the ECHR which is expected to rule if his countless detentions have been politically motivated. He was stopped by border guards and told that a ruling by court bailiffs has barred him from leaving Russia.

The hearing in Strasbourg on Thursday could prove a major embarrassment for the Kremlin which routinely dismisses Navalny, arguably Russia's most popular opposition figure, as a trouble-maker with no political backing.

Read more at: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/russian-opposition-leader-navalny-barred-from-leaving-russia/ar-BBPDWWX?OCID=ansmsnnews11