{"id":9318,"date":"2021-01-16T20:30:10","date_gmt":"2021-01-16T20:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiofree.org\/?p=150991"},"modified":"2021-01-16T20:30:10","modified_gmt":"2021-01-16T20:30:10","slug":"germany-hands-over-navalny-interview-transcripts-to-russia-demands-criminal-probe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2021\/01\/16\/germany-hands-over-navalny-interview-transcripts-to-russia-demands-criminal-probe\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany Hands Over Navalny Interview Transcripts To Russia, Demands Criminal Probe"},"content":{"rendered":"
MOSCOW — Germany has sent to Russia the transcripts of interviews its authorities conducted with Aleksei Navalny, and demanded that Moscow carry out a full investigation into the poisoning of the Russian opposition politician.<\/p>\n
The move on January 16 came a day ahead of Navalny\u2019s planned return to Moscow following several months in Germany, where he was sent for treatment following his August 2020 near-fatal poisoning that he has blamed on Russian authorities.<\/p>\n
The Kremlin critic has said that he will return to Russia despite having received a notice that the country’s Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) would seek his arrest, setting the stage for a potentially dramatic new showdown between the Kremlin and Navalny, one of President Vladimir Putin’s most outspoken foes.<\/p>\n
Late last month, FSIN demanded Navalny return immediately from Germany or face jail in Russia for violating the terms of a suspended prison sentence relating to a 2014 fraud conviction and for evading criminal inspectors.<\/p>\n