<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><oembed><version>1.0</version><provider_name>EU-Logos</provider_name><provider_url>https://eulogos.blogactiv.eu</provider_url><author_name>EU Logos</author_name><author_url>https://eulogos.blogactiv.eu/author/communicationeulogos/</author_url><title>#FactOfTheDay 25/01/2018: Alexei Navalny pleads his case at the European  Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg</title><html>&lt;p&gt;Alexei Navalny is the Russian opposition leader, and yesterday he arrived in Strasbourg at the European Court of Human Rights for a hearing into whether Russian authorities violated his rights through numerous arrests. Navalny claims his 2013 conviction for embezzlement was engineered by the Kremlin to keep him from public office.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;He spent several months in prison and according to him, he was arrested because the Russian government wants to exclude any opponent to Vladimir Putin.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The 41-year-old politician, who has been barred from standing in the March presidential vote, accuses Russia of violating the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR) to which Moscow is a signatory.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Police raided his campaign headquarters in Saint Petersburg this month, one of a series of seizures carried out at his group’s offices. He has called on voters to boycott the vote, which is expected to return Putin for a fourth term, extending his stint in the Kremlin until 2024.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt; Déborah Miller&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;For further information: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Site RFI : &lt;a href=&quot;&quot;  rel=&quot;noopener&quot;&gt;http://www.rfi.fr/europe/20180125-russie-navalny-cour-europeenne-droits-homme-cedh&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Site de TV5 Monde: &lt;a href=&quot;http://information.tv5monde.com/en-continu/alexei-navalny-face-l-etat-russe-devant-la-cedh-216248&quot;  rel=&quot;noopener&quot;&gt;http://information.tv5monde.com/en-continu/alexei-navalny-face-l-etat-russe-devant-la-cedh-216248&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
</html><type>rich</type></oembed>