On Wednesday 4 October, the European Union criticised the previous day's decision by the Russian judiciary to imprison opposition leader Alexei Navalny for 20 days. Navalny was sentenced for calling unauthorised demonstrations.
"The EU expects Mr Navalny to be released immediately and for him to be able to exercise his fundamental rights in peace", an EU spokesperson told EUROPE.
The Russian judiciary's decision "is part of the Russian authorities' continuing harassment of the...