Kremlin critic Navalny's bank accounts frozen, apartment seized
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.
By REUTERSA woman attends a gathering to show support for Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, in Saint Petersburg, Russia August 20, 2020.(photo credit: REUTERS)
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 libeling 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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