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Lithuania Refuses Russia's Demand to Arrest Navalny Ally

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   Lithuania has rejected orders issued Wednesday from a Moscow court
   calling for the arrest of Leonid Volkov, an exiled ally of Russian
   opposition leader Alexey Navalny.

   The court orders, sent via Interpol, charge Volkov with encouraging
   minors to participate in unauthorized rallies, which potentially
   carries jail term of up to three years in Russia.

   "Using international tools for politically motivated prosecution is a
   wrong practice," said Lithuanian interior minister Agne Bilotaite,
   referring to Interpol, the government-funded international police
   network that coordinates cross-border police operations across 194
   member states.

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