Brussels, 19/07/2013 (Agence Europe) - Echoing the words of High Representative Catherine Ashton (see EUROPE 10891), several European politicians have expressed their concern at the sentence against the opponent Alexey Navalny, handed down on 18 July.
Commissioner for Justice and Home Affairs, Cecilia Malmström, said that she was “extremely concerned at the verdict pronounced against Alexey Navalny”. She said that this “judgment raises serious questions about the state of the rule of...