A Russian court is freezing Navalny’s accounts

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On August 20, Navalny was ill during a flight from Tomsk to Moscow, the pilot made an emergency landing at Omsk airport, and Navalny was taken unconscious to Omsk Hospital with signs of poisoning. On August 22, Navalny was transferred from Russia to Germany, where he was treated by the Charite clinic at the University of Berlin.

As the German government said on September 2, there is incontrovertible evidence that Navalny has been poisoned by a nerve-paralyzing warfare substance belonging to the Novichok group. Navalny was discharged from a Berlin hospital on Tuesday.

In a video statement, Navalny’s spokeswoman Kira Yarmis revealed that on August 27, bailiffs banned transactions related to Navalny’s part of the Moscow apartment. All Navalny accounts were frozen on the same day.

As a result, it is not possible to sell, give away or pledge the apartment of the Navalny family, Jarmis said. He told AFP that the move did not prevent Navalny from living in his apartment.

Navalny’s allies believe that the poisoning is backed by the Russian government, which has denied it. Navalny will still be in Germany for the time being and will continue his treatment, but Yarmisch told AFP that he plans to return to Russia.

In Russia, a number of cases have been brought against Navalny and his allies, his homes and offices have been searched frequently and he has been detained several times.

The recent decision of the bailiffs about the apartment is related to the court ruling made in October last year, according to which Navalny, his partner Lubova Sobola and Navalny Corruption Combating Fund (FBK) must pay 88 million rubles (1,075,257 euros) to the catering company “Moskovsky Shkolnik”, which supplies food to Moscow schools and kindergartens.

Moskovsky Sholnik sued Navalny and his team in court on charges of supplying poor quality food from which children fall ill. Sobolis announced in August that all her accounts had been frozen following a court ruling. FBK changed its legal status in an attempt to avoid paying the fine.

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