Yesterday, the European Court of Human Rights communicated Oleg’s application and gave it priority.
The ECHR did not apply Rule 39 (immediate release), noting that it is used in the overwhelming majority of cases where there is torture, a risk of death, or extradition that could lead to such an outcome.
The ECHR considered my post-conviction application in the context of the earlier complaint about house arrest, which it re-communicated, putting questions to the Russian government that it must answer by February 13.
And while we’re at it: since all sorts of opinions from “well-known lawyers” are circulating online about the legality of the house arrest that I refused to comply with, here, so no one can mess with your head, is the view of a genuinely well-known lawyer — Genri Reznik: Alexei Navalny’s Refusal to Comply with House Arrest.
There is no news from Oleg yet; letters to Butyrka are not being accepted until the 12th (the censor is off for the weekend), and the lawyers are not visiting either because of the holidays.