mo4ch:>Kremlin critic Navalny barred from leaving Russia over ‘surprise’ debt | Mo4ch News

Aleksey Navalny has been stopped from traveling to Strasbourg to attend a hearing at the European Court for Human Rights. He was told he was unable to leave Russia due to a debt which he says he didn’t know existed.Navalny, one of Russian opposition figures most recognized in the West, intended to travel to Strasburg on Tuesday to personally hear a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). The ECHR is expected to voice its decision on one of Navalny’s complaints against Russia.Instead, he was stopped at a Moscow airport and told he could not leave the country. The politician said he was surprised because he didn’t know why he would be barred from travelling and posted a picture of himself waiting for clarification.The reason was soon discovered in a database of the Federal Bailiffs Service, which lists Navalny as having been ordered to pay just over 2.1 million rubles ($31,000) by a court. The entry detailing the debt is dated November 9 and was filed in the Kirov region, n…