Rough justice. Three lawyers representing jailed opposition leader Alexey Navalny were arrested in Moscow last week in what appears to have been a warning against defending political prisoners — Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Igor Sergunin, Vadim Kobzev, and Alexey Liptser, three lawyers working for imprisoned Russian anti-corruption campaigner Alexey Navalny had their homes searched on Friday morning before being detained and then sent to a pre-trial detention centre for their alleged involvement in an “extremist community”, a reference to the fact that they worked with Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation, which was named an “extremist” by the Russian authorities in 2021 before being dissolved.

This is far from the first time the Russian authorities have targeted lawyers representing critics of the Kremlin. Vladimir Putin’s 23 years in office are littered with examples of official harassment of lawyers, though that pressure has certainly grown over the years.