Moscow court upholds arrest of Yulia Navalnaya in absentia


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  • Wednesday, 07 Aug 2024

FILE PHOTO: Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, speaks as she receives the 'Dresden 2024 Peace Prize' posthumously awarded to Navalny, in Dresden, Germany, May 12, 2024. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner/File Photo

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A court in Moscow has upheld the decision to arrest in absentia Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of late Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny, state news agency RIA reported on Wednesday.

Navalnaya, who lives outside Russia, was accused of participating in an "extremist" group and arrested for two months by a Moscow court in July, meaning that she would be detained if she set foot on Russian soil.

(Reporting by Reuters; Editing by Mark Trevelyan)

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