Urgent request from the US Secretary of State
The US State Department demanded the immediate release of the Russian dissident, Alexei Navalny, who was arrested at Sheremetyevo Airport. After arriving from Germany.
Today, Monday, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said: “The United States strongly condemns Russia’s decision to arrest Alexei Navalny. We note with great concern that his arrest was the latest in a series of attempts to silence Navalny and other opposition figures. As well as silencing independent voices critical of the Russian authorities.
Pompeo called on the Russian government to provide equal opportunities for all political parties and candidates in the electoral process.
And while responding to a comment by "Jack Sullivan", who was appointed by the US President-elect as a national security advisor, about the arrest of "Navalny". The Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, Maria Zakharova, advised this new US official and other foreign politicians. Not to interfere in the affairs of other sovereign states, and to focus on his country's internal problems and respect for international law.
Yesterday, the Russian Prisons Service arrested the opposition, "Alexei Navalny", upon his arrival at a Moscow airport from Germany. According to a suspended prison sentence issued against him for the crime of fraud.
