Thread by @christogrozev

A key prosecution witness in the criminal case against @navalny yesterday turned against the prosecutor and said the case is trumped up and he was forced to testify against the politician"under pressure". On the second planned day of questioning, today, he didn't appear in court.

Another prosecution witness who was questioned yesterday - a former FBK associate who bow works for @RT_com - ranted at length about how much he hates @navalny and FBK - something that in any other court in the world would have led to his testimony being thrown out.

.@navalny now asked the court to find out what happened with the prosecution witness who spoke up about the pressure - as he yesterday complained he felt in danger.

The judge ignores all of these and decides to "read the witness testimony from the case file" - exactly that testimony that the witness yesterday said was extracted under pressure and untrue.

Apparently the witness is fine and has passed on evidence of the pressure on him to thir parties - to use as life insurance for himself

https://twitter.com/ioannZH/status/1496029189559959552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1496029189559959552%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fzona.media%2Fonline%2F2022%2F02%2F22%2Fpokrov3

As the witness was missing, the prosecutor brings in the investigator who questioned him - exactly the one whom the witness accused of pressuring him. The prosecutor asks the investigator "did you pressure the witness?" (of course not).

.@navalny's turn to question the investigator:
"Congrats on the new stripes. Last time we met you were just a major. Now you're lt. colonel I see :)"

Apparently, according to the Investigator, the rogue witness was more afraid of @navalny's "comrades trolling him on social media" than of the repressive, killing machine that he represents.

Now a new "witness" was brought in by prosecution: @iremeslo, a Kremlin propagandist who "has an in-law who has a friend who was cheated by @navalny's FBK"

(same guy who non-ironically once tweeted at me something like "how does it feel to know that you are a paid propaganda shrill", and after I replied: "I don't know - is it unpleasant?", he deleted his question.

Remeslo, who is a lawyer, says he voluntarily investigated @navalny's presidential bid financing in 2017-2018, using OSINT only, and found discrepancies that made him want to defend cheated contributors pro-bono.

.@navalny now cross-examines @iremeslo, this is straight out of a Hollywood courtroom drama.

(screenshots are translations of transcripts published c/o @mediazzzona )

. @navalny trolls @iremeslo, says "Since you proved millions and millions of fraud, how come the only victim you could bring is on old man from a village who paid 50,100 RUB (= 100 rub over the small-crime threshold), and who happens to be a relative of your business partner?"