and dismissing it as foreign interference and avani was sentenced this way to just under 3 years for breaking parole he goes not off spoke to saskia taylor about the reaction to the verdict. well it certainly gain some traction internationally it has been covered in russia for sure but the amount of attention it's getting from international sources it is almost like they are the russian media within minutes after the ruling we started to receive statements from all over the world from the u.k. from the u.s. from germany france the council of europe really you name it all of them almost following the same the very same time template all of them calling putting alexina value on a pedestal and calling for his release we reiterate our call for the russian government to immediately and unconditionally release mr no vani as well as the hundreds of other russian citizens wrongfully detained in recent weeks for exercising their rights including the rights to freedom of expression and of peaceful assembly today's verdict against gelatine a violent is a bitter blow against fundamental freedoms

welcome back kremlin critic i like saying avani is back on russian soil and was immediately arrested by police on arrival they found he had been in germany receiving medical treatment after an instant's last summit in which he fell seriously ill during a flight saw the reports from moscow's winnick about international airport when of on these plane it was scheduled to land. but here i am. just to the southwest of moscow and around 7 30 pm local time russian opposition forgot it was a cue to land on that flight from belin however at the last minute we got word that all incoming flights were being diverted to other ports and the film is flight was set to shut me up to the other side of the capital now we've seen footage of him that disembarking the plane we saw him boarding a bus in will to be taken to a tunnel and it was on that bus that the he was taken in to police custody now behind me about an hour and a half 2 hours ago are once dispatched now it is minus 20 degrees i don't blame them a crowd of supporters had got that despite with ortiz all skin people not to gather on most of t

a moscow court has given russian opposition figure aleksei avani a 3 and a half year jail sentence over alleged parole violations of on his lawyers have already said that they will appeal the decision well i'm joined now by our. i mean igor it's not exactly the most stranding situation here in russia but world wide a seems that saturn of honest cases hitting the headlines well it is it is absolutely one of the prison term for election of ali was announced reactions started to pour in international reactions i mean will be immediately and what i see immediately i mean it literally within minutes after the judge announced his decision when he effectively sided completely with the prosecution we've read the world we just started to i just started to read these you know statements released by the u.k. the united states germany france the council you are a breed you name it's really all of them sending essentially trying to convey the same message and putting a lexan of army on a pedestal have a listen. we reiterate our call for the russian government to immediately and unconditionally relea