Moscow (CNN) Russian law enforcement is threatening to jail opposition politician Alexey Navalny for failing to comply with the terms of his suspended sentence in a years-old case if he fails to show up for a hearing in Moscow on Tuesday morning, his lawyer and officials said. Navalny is currently in Germany after receiving treatment at Berlin's Charite clinic following his poisoning in August with the nerve agent Novichok. The Russian Federal Penitentiary Service said in a statement Monday that by staying in Germany following the recovery "from his illness," Navalny is violating the terms of his suspended sentence. The opposition politician believes the case is politically motivated. "Thus, the conditionally convicted person is not fulfilling the obligations assigned to him by the court and is evading the control of the penal inspection [service]."

Source: CNN December 28, 2020 22:07 UTC