"It's the Crown's application to adjourn to get Mr Markus to the court, " she said.

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"But the court decide to adjourn until 20 Feb to take advice on the effects of PTSD, " our correspondent said.

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Navalny's lawyer, Olga Mikhailova, asked the court in her opening remarks to adjourn the trial for a month because her client was not given enough time to read the case files.

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Dressed in a white shirt and jeans, Mr Navalny told the court he fully backed the proposal to adjourn the case, complaining that it was far from his home in Moscow.

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The court will then adjourn until August 31st to give Mr Milosevic yet more time for his defence.

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