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"Madam President, following Russia’s illegal annexation of Crimea and its current military aggression in Eastern Ukraine, attention has largely focused recently on Russia’s foreign policy rather than its domestic affairs. The case of Alexei Navalny reminds us, however, of the internal problems that Russia also faces and of the increasingly authoritarian regime over which President Putin presides.
As one of the faces of the opposition movement at the forefront of many of the mass demonstrations recently seen in Moscow, Navalny’s placement under house arrest since February of last year on the basis of trumped-up and spurious charges is seen as a way to silence one of Putin’s most outspoken critics. The arrest and sentencing of Navalny’s brother is even more shameful, bearing in mind that he has no role in the protest movements and has been implicated by association, a tactic that we more familiarly associate with totalitarian regimes like North Korea rather than with a full member of the Council of Europe.
This case paints a painful picture of Putin’s Russia, and it should serve as a reminder of the regime we are dealing with. Sadly it also has echoes of the Khodorkovsky case a decade ago and demonstrates a serious lack of independence of the judiciary and the increasing role of the FSB – i.e. former KGB – in running Putin’s Russia. It is a very sad situation and we do hope that he is released immediately."@en1
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