French Endurance Cyclist Appeals Detention in Russia After Border Arrest

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Arrested in the Russian Far East for illegally crossing the border, the French cyclist Sofiane Sehili contests his pre-trial detention. His lawyer asks that isolation be replaced by a less...

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At the beginning of September, Sofiane Sehili was arrested in Russia, as he was trying to reach the city of Vladivostok by bicycle. The French endurance cyclist had left Portugal in order to break the record of the crossing of Eurasia. Placed in pre-trial detention until the beginning of October, he appealed this decision. - Who is Sofiane Sehili, the French cyclist arrested and detained in Russia? (International).

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This 44-year-old endurance cyclist has been in detention since early September in the country. He is accused of illegally crossing the Russian border by trying to beat a world record of the Eurasian crossing by bicycle.

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The Frenchman, an ultra-radist expert, was arrested by the Russian authorities in September as he tried to break a Lisbon-Vladivostok record by bicycle.

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A French cyclist who was detained in Russia in early September while allegedly attempting to illegally cross the border has appealed his nearly three-week detention, his lawyer announced on Monday, TASR reports, citing AFP.