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Kremlin critic Navalny decries ‘mockery of justice’ at hearing

By Abiodun Ogundairo
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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