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The lawyer hopes his client s arrest will be discussed at a meeting of the Committee of Ministers.
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Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny counts on Germany s support at the Council of Europe (CoE) and the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).
This was announced by his German lawyer Nikolaos Gazeas, Deutsche Welle s Russian service reported, citing the lawyer s January 31 interview for Frankfurter Allgemeinen Sonntagszeitung.
According to the lawyer, he expects that CoE member states will put the arrest of his client on the agenda of a meeting of the Committee of Ministers.
Gazeas also noted that the detention of Navalny in Moscow violates the decision of the ECHR. The opposition leader was arrested for alleged violations of the probationary period arising from a verdict invalidated by the ECHR. Therefore, the lawy