“On February 20, 2021, the Russian agency of legal and judicial information published material Under the name “excites only far from jurisprudence and fallen to the hype: a lawyer about the case of Navalny.”
The plot of the publication was defined by RAPSI as “the activities of the Federal Chamber of Lawyers of the Russian Federation” and is under the tag “Federal Chamber (FPA)”.
The title reproduces a quote from a comment on the case of A.A. Navalny G.K. Sharova, who is the vice president of the FPA and is just so repeatedly called in the publication. This created the agency’s editorial office and gives the impression of readers that G.K. Sharova expresses the position of FPA.
Such perception is false. With all responsibility, like the Vice President of the FPA, I declare that the case of A.A. Navalny has never been discussed either by the Council of the Chamber, nor his leadership in a narrower composition.
Recognizing the right of a colleague to his own opinion, I draw attention to the fact that in his commentary not only the legal, but also the political assessment of this case, as growing into the fight against the state. The arguments that G.K. Sharov characterizes as “empty in their content” and capable of “exciting the minds of only far from jurisprudence and fading people of people”, draw up the position of protection in the case. Lawyers are fighting for the release of their client with legal means, among which there is the right to appeal to the European Court of Human Rights.
Professional ethics forbids lawyers publicly comment on the essence of cases in which they do not take part. This was recalled by G.K. Sharov, reasonably condemning lawyers who hit the discussion of the case A.A. Navalny – and there really were many of them. But, unfortunately, he “fell into sin” himself, openly taking the position of one of the parties to the judicial dispute. ”
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