Russia targets lawyer over media comments on treason case
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Russian lawyer Ivan Pavlov, center, surrounded his colleagues gestures speaking to journalists at the Russia's Investigative Committee in Moscow, Russia, Friday, April 30, 2021. Russian authorities have launched a criminal probe against Pavlov, who is representing a former Russian journalist accused of treason and the team of imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny, accusing him of disclosing information related to a police investigation. Pavlov told reporters that his Moscow hotel room was raided on Friday morning and he was summoned to Russia's Investigative Committee for interrogation as a suspect in a criminal case. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)Russian lawyer Ivan Pavlov, center, surrounded his colleagues gestures speaking to journalists at the Russia's Investigative Committee in Moscow, Russia, Friday, April 30, 2021. Russian authorities have launched a criminal probe against Pavlov, who is representing a former Russian journalist accused of treason and the team of imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny, accusing him of disclosing information related to a police investigation. Pavlov told reporters that his Moscow hotel room was raided on Friday morning and he was summoned to Russia's Investigative Committee for interrogation as a suspect in a criminal case. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)St. Petersburg-based lawyer Ivan Pavlov, right, shakes hands with his colleague Yevgeny Smirnov, also a lawyer of the Team 29, association of lawyers Pavlov heads in St. Petersburg, at the Russia's Investigative Committee in Moscow, Russia, Friday, April 30, 2021. Russian authorities have launched a criminal probe against Pavlov, who is representing a former Russian journalist accused of treason and the team of imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny, accusing him of disclosing information related to a police investigation. Pavlov told reporters that his Moscow hotel room was raided on Friday morning and he was summoned to Russia's Investigative Committee for interrogation as a suspect in a criminal case. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)Russian lawyer Ivan Pavlov, center, walks surrounded his colleagues and journalists to the Russia's Investigative Committee in Moscow, Russia, Friday, April 30, 2021. Russian authorities have launched a criminal probe against Pavlov, who is representing a former Russian journalist accused of treason and the team of imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny, accusing him of disclosing information related to a police investigation. Pavlov told reporters that his Moscow hotel room was raided on Friday morning and he was summoned to Russia's Investigative Committee for interrogation as a suspect in a criminal case. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)Russian lawyer Ivan Pavlov, center, speaks to media next to the entrance of Russia's Investigative Committee in Moscow, Russia, Friday, April 30, 2021. A lawyer representing the anti-corruption foundation of imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been detained in Moscow, his colleague said on social media. St. Petersburg-based lawyer Ivan Pavlov has been representing Navalnys Foundation for Fighting Corruption after authorities filed a lawsuit to ban the foundation and the politicians network of regional offices as extremist organizations. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)Russian lawyer Ivan Pavlov, center, speaks to media near to the entrance of Russia's Investigative Committee in Moscow, Russia, Friday, April 30, 2021. A lawyer representing the anti-corruption foundation of imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been detained in Moscow, his colleague said on social media. St. Petersburg-based lawyer Ivan Pavlov has been representing Navalnys Foundation for Fighting Corruption after authorities filed a lawsuit to ban the foundation and the politicians network of regional offices as extremist organizations. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)FILE - In this March 15, 2017, file photo, St. Petersburg-based lawyer Ivan Pavlov attends a court hearing in the Russian Supreme court in Moscow, Russia. Pavlov, representing the anti-corruption foundation of imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was detained in Moscow on Friday morning, April 30, 2021, his colleague said on social media. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev, File)Russian lawyer Ivan Pavlov, center, speaks to the media near to the entrance of Russia's Investigative Committee in Moscow, Russia, Friday, April 30, 2021. A lawyer representing the anti-corruption foundation of imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been detained in Moscow, his colleague said on social media. St. Petersburg-based lawyer Ivan Pavlov has been representing Navalnys Foundation for Fighting Corruption after authorities filed a lawsuit to ban the foundation and the politicians network of regional offices as extremist organizations. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)Ivan Safronov, right, a former adviser to the director of Russia's state space corporation, walks into a court building surrounded by Russian Federal Security Service officers in Moscow, Russia, Friday, April 30, 2021. St. Petersburg-based lawyer Ivan Pavlov, representing the anti-corruption foundation of imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was detained in Moscow on Friday morning, his colleague said on social media. Pavlov is also defending Ivan Safronov and had been due to appear in a Moscow court on Friday at a hearing into extending Safronov's pre-trial detention. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)
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Russian lawyer Ivan Pavlov, center, surrounded his colleagues gestures speaking to journalists at the Russia's Investigative Committee in Moscow, Russia, Friday, April 30, 2021. Russian authorities have launched a criminal probe against Pavlov, who is representing a former Russian journalist accused of treason and the team of imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny, accusing him of disclosing information related to a police investigation. Pavlov told reporters that his Moscow hotel room was raided on Friday morning and he was summoned to Russia's Investigative Committee for interrogation as a suspect in a criminal case. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)