1 Aug 2012 18:42

Navalny denied summer vacation, to be questioned on Aug 3

MOSCOW. Aug 1 (Interfax) - Investigators have rejected a request to leave on vacation by opposition activist and blogger Alexei Navalny, who has been charged in the Kirovles case and banned from traveling.

"We called to the investigator, and he officially confirmed that our request was rejected," Navalny's attorney Vadim Kobzev told Interfax on Wednesday.

Navalny was summoned by investigators to appear for questioning on Friday, he also said.