Kremlin critic Navalny's bank accounts frozen, apartment seized-spokeswoman
Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny's bank accounts were frozen and his Moscow apartment seized under a lawsuit while he was recovering from a suspected poisoning in a Berlin hospital, his spokeswoman Kira Yarmysh said on Thursday. "This means the flat cannot be sold, donated or mortgaged," Yarmysh said in a video posted on Twitter. "In total, the court decided to recover 88 million roubles ($1.14 million) from Navalny, Sobol and the FBK," said Yarmysh on Thursday.
Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny's bank accounts were frozen and his Moscow apartment seized under a lawsuit while he was recovering from a suspected poisoning in a Berlin hospital, his spokeswoman Kira Yarmysh said on Thursday.
"This means the flat cannot be sold, donated or mortgaged," Yarmysh said in a video posted on Twitter. Navalny was flown from Russia to Berlin last month after falling ill on a domestic flight in Siberia. The West has demanded an explanation from the Kremlin, which has denied any involvement in the incident and said it has yet to see evidence of a crime.
Yarmysh said Navalny's assets were seized on Aug. 27 due to a lawsuit filed by the Moscow Schoolchild catering company. A Russian court in October 2019 ordered Navalny and his allies to pay $1.4 million in damages for libelling the Moscow Schoolchild catering company.
The court said Navalny, his Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) and ally Lyubov Sobol had caused Moscow Schoolchild moral damage and told his group to delete a video in which they had called into question the quality of its food. "In total, the court decided to recover 88 million roubles ($1.14 million) from Navalny, Sobol and the FBK," said Yarmysh on Thursday. "This is the amount it estimates in lost profit for Moscow Schoolchild because of losing a contract to provide food." ($1 = 77.3863 roubles)
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