Navalny says hearing to extend his detention 'ultimate lawlessness'

MOSCOW (AFP) - Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny described Monday an impromptu hearing at a police station to extend his detention as "ultimate lawlessness", after he was detained entering the country from Germany.

In a video released by his spokeswoman, he asked why the hearing was being held "at a police station," describing the proceedure as evidence that the authorities had "ripped up and thrown away the Code of Penal Procedure."