Navalny's Lawyers to Remain in Detention Until March, Russian Court Rules

The decision is seen as an attempt to further isolate the imprisoned opposition leader amid an ongoing crackdown on dissent.

A Moscow court has extended the pre-trial detentions for three lawyers who once represented imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny until at least March 13.
The lawyers were arrested in October on charges of participating in an extremist group, a case seen as a means to increase pressure on Navalny.
Authorities accuse the lawyers of using their status to pass letters from Navalny to his team.
Navalny has been serving a 19-year sentence on charges of extremism since January 2021.
The Kremlin has been carrying out an unrelenting crackdown on dissent, with 19,844 people detained for speaking out or protesting against the war in Ukraine.