Colleagues, welcome to the 33rd meeting of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development.
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2) and the motion adopted on Tuesday, March 23, we will now proceed to a briefing on the current situation of Alexei Navalny.
With us today is Mr. Navalny's chief of staff, Mr. Leonid Volkov.
Mr. Volkov, thank you for being with us today. You will have the opportunity to deliver a brief opening statement of five to seven minutes to brief the committee on the ongoing situation of Mr. Navalny.
After that, we will proceed to questions from the members of Parliament. As always, I would encourage all participants to mute their microphones when they're not speaking. When you have 30 seconds left in your questioning time or your testimony time, I will signal you with this yellow piece of paper.
Interpretation services are available through the globe icon on the bottom of your screens as always.
Mr. Volkov, I now invite you to take the floor.