US President Joe Biden for the first time personally commented on the situation with Alexei Navalny (founder of the Anti-Corruption Foundation – FBK, included by the Ministry of Justice in the register of organizations performing the functions of a foreign agent). His words are reported by RIA Novosti and Interfax.
In particular, the American leader called for the release of Navalny immediately and without preconditions. He also noted that he is seriously concerned about the situation.
On February 2, the Simonovsky Court of Moscow replaced Alexei Navalny’s suspended sentence with a real one, sentencing him to 3.5 years in a general regime colony. However, he will spend two years and eight months in custody – a year spent under house arrest during the preliminary investigation of the Yves Rocher case was credited.