Overview

• Attorney Alla Kouchnir filed the appeal with the Primorye regional court, contesting the arrest and pretrial detention order.
• A Russian court has ordered Sehili held through October 4, according to state agency Ria Novosti.
• The defense asked that jail be replaced with a measure not involving isolation from society.
• Russian officials say he tried to enter from China at a checkpoint limited to trains and buses while pursuing a Lisbon-to-Vladivostok cycling record.
• He carried a Russian e-visa and first attempted a crossing reserved to Russians and Chinese, as a prison oversight official told AFP, and France has sought consular access amid strained relations with Moscow.