Russia charges Russian-German lawyer with treason
Al Jazeera
German Moyzhes was arrested in St Petersburg in late May and is being held in pretrial detention in a Moscow prison.
Russia has accused a dual Russian-German national and lawyer of treason.
Citing law enforcement agencies, state news agency TASS reported on Tuesday that German Moyzhes has been charged for assisting Russian citizens with obtaining EU residency permits.
The lawyer joins a growing list of foreign nationals and dual citizens who have found themselves caught up in the crisis in relations between Moscow and the West during the Ukraine conflict.
Moyzhes is being held in pretrial detention in Moscow’s notorious Lefortovo prison after being transferred from a detention centre in St Petersburg, TASS reported. It is not clear when his trial will begin.
It was previously reported that the lawyer, who was brought up partly in Germany but returned to Russia as an adult, had been arrested in St Petersburg in late May.
