Ticker
Russia trolls EU top diplomat with new Navalny trial
By EUobserver
Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny will be in a glass cage in a Moscow court room answering new bogus charges, on slander of war veterans, at the same time as EU top-diplomat Josep Borrell holds a press briefing with Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov Friday, Reuters reports. Navalny's hearing starts at 10AM and Borrell's briefing at 12.15PM, in provocative scheduling, after Borrell called for Navalny's release before travelling to Moscow.