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1 Sep, 10 tweets, 5 min read
IMPORTANT! Dr. Vasilieva, the Head of Doctors' Alliance and Navalny's personal doctor, was just arrested and dragged out of her Moscow office. In the video below you can watch a policeman putting an unidentified object into her purse during the arrest. Please share! #navalny 🧵
According to Dr. Vasilieva's lawyer, Dmitry Dzhulay, she was detained in connection with her failure to appear for a hearing for the so-called "sanitary case" despite an official report stating that she was not properly notified.
Detentions are legal in case of a no-show without a valid reason such as failure to notify. In addition, Russian law allows hearings w/o the participation of the defendant. A petition was filed but the judge refused it without any explanation. A show trial is on the way.
Dr. Vasilieva is currently a defendant in the "Sanitary Case", along with nine other prominent opposition leaders, including Aleksey Navalny's brother Oleg Navalny, press secretary Kyra Yarmysh; two Pussy Riot members, including Maria Alekhina; opposition politician Lyubov Sobol.
Vasilieva is facing a prison sentence for allegedly violating the restrictions of the parole-like regime. The defendants of the "Sanitary Case" are charged with violating pandemic regulations by calling people to attend a pro-Navalny demonstration.
According to Anastasia Vasilieva, the best way to help the Russian opposition from the West is to share the information. Please consider sharing. Below is my interview with her:
You can also watch her previous, dramatic arrest in January, 2021, as she is playing the piano:
Dr. Anastasia Vasilieva arrested today, dragged out of the office.☝️ @peterjukes @CaolanRob @gregolear @LincolnsBible @WendySiegelman @AlexandraChalup @advokat_ddi @BylineTV @DrAnastasy @grantstern @KevinRothrock @OlgaNYC1211
AN UPDATE: Dr. Vasilieva is allowed to get back home to her kids, back to the parole-like "limited freedom" state, while awaiting the sentence. Thank you, ALL, for RTs, sharing, and video views! The Kremlin is sensitive when the world is watching! ✊ 🙏
ANOTHER UPDATE: During the arrest, the police used physical force resulting in a wrist injury.

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