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Russia: Declaration by the High Representative on behalf of the EU on the arrest of Alexei Navalny upon his return

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Tuesday, January 19, 2021
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The European Union condemns the detention of the Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny upon his return to Moscow on 17 January and calls for his immediate release.

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  • The European Union condemns the detention of the Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny upon his return to Moscow on 17 January and calls for his immediate release.
  • Politicisation of the judiciary is unacceptable and Mr Navalnys rights must be respected.
  • We also call upon the Russian authorities to immediately release all those journalists and citizens who have been detained in connection to their reporting of, and support of, Mr Navalny upon his return.
  • The EU will follow closely the developments in this field and will continue to take this into account when shaping its policy towards Russia.

Press release - EU-Russia relations: MEPs to hold a debate with Alexei Navalny

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Thursday, November 26, 2020
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Mr Navalny is one of Russias most high-profile opposition politicians, an anti-corruption activist and an outspoken critic of President Vladimir Putin.

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  • Mr Navalny is one of Russias most high-profile opposition politicians, an anti-corruption activist and an outspoken critic of President Vladimir Putin.
  • He collapsed on 20 August whilst aboard a flight from the Siberian city of Tomsk to Moscow.
  • Following the attack, Mr Navalny was airlifted to Germany for medical treatment and recovered from the assassination attempt.
  • Participating via videoconference, Mr Navalny will be joined by:

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    On 17 September, the European Parliament adopted a resolution that strongly condemned the assassination attempt on Alexei Navalny.

Russia / Poisoning of Alexei Navalny: Remarks by the High Repres

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Wednesday, September 16, 2020
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Opening remarks

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  • Opening remarks

    Let us have a look at the situation as you have requested - in Russia, particularly at the poisoning of the opposition leader, Mr Alexei Navalny, which has shocked all of us.

  • The German government confirmed, on the 2nd of September, that Mr Navalny has been poisoned by a military chemical.
  • We continue calling on Russia to investigate this crime through a fully transparent procedure, under the auspices of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.
  • We can expect that the poisoning of Mr [Alexei] Navalny will have an impact on European Union-Russia relations.

G7 Foreign Ministers' Statement on the poisoning of Alexei Naval

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Wednesday, September 9, 2020
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We, the G7 foreign ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States of America and the High Representative of the European Union, are united in condemning, in the strongest possible terms, the confirmed poisoning of Alexei Navalny.

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  • We, the G7 foreign ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States of America and the High Representative of the European Union, are united in condemning, in the strongest possible terms, the confirmed poisoning of Alexei Navalny.
  • Mr Navalny is in intensive care in a Berlin hospital and remains in a serious condition.
  • This attack against opposition leader Navalny is another grave blow against democracy and political plurality in Russia.
  • We will continue to monitor closely how Russia responds to international calls for an explanation of the hideous poisoning of Mr Navalny.