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Kremlin Critic To Be Kept In Custody For 30 Days, Says His Lawyer

Police seized Alexei Navalny at a border control post at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport.

Moscow, Russia:

A Russian court on Monday ordered prominent opposition leader Alexei Navalny to be kept in custody until February 15, at a hastily organised hearing after his arrest, aides said.

Navalny’s lawyer Vadim Kobzev tweeted from the makeshift courtroom at a police station that the court had ruled for Navalny to be held for 30 days from the day of his arrest on Sunday.

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