Kremlin critic Navalny decries ‘mockery of justice’ at hearing
19 January 2021 |
2:12 pm
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny says he is facing a "mockery of justice" as police in Moscow organised a makeshift hearing in a police station a day after his dramatic airport arrest.
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