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Russia: YouTube must do more to protect free speech Image by StockSnap on Pixabay Today, YouTube restored content that led to the SmartVote project, an initiative set up by prominent Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny, following media outcry that the takedown could have been politically motivated. ARTICLE 19 calls on YouTube to be far more transparent about its content moderation processes, to provide effective complaints mechanisms in line with its human rights responsibilities and to e...

YouTube Accused of Censoring Navalny Election Initiative Targeting Putin On 5/7/21 at 8:27 AM EDT YouTube has been accused of curbing political opposition in Russia after access was temporarily restricted to links to a project by Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny that targeted President Vladimir Putin. As he languishes in prison, the impact that Navalny can make on Putin hangs in the balance, especially after his key lieutenant Leonid Volkov disbanded his political network to pre-empt Russian autho...

ALEXEI Navalny is seen on screens via video link during the hearing on Thursday.—Reuters MOSCOW: Alexei Nava­lny’s political network said on Thursday it is disbanding, as the jailed Kremlin critic appeared in court, gaunt and shaven headed, for the first time since ending his hunger strike. During the hearing, which is part of an appeal by Navalny against a defamation sentence imposed in February for insulting a World War II veteran, President Vladimir Putin’s best known domestic opponen...

Kremlin Critic Alexei Navalnys Network Added To Russian Extremist List Kremlin Critic Alexei Navalnys Network Added To Russian Extremist List The move came as Russian police on Friday detained prominent rights lawyer defending the regional network The network of Navalnys regional offices appeared on a list by Russias financial monitoring service Moscow: Russia on Friday added Alexei Navalnys political network to its database of terrorist and extremist organisations, as Moscow moves closer ...

Navalny political network disbands ahead of extremism ruling Issued on: 29/04/2021 - 11:14 Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny appeared in court via videolink Handout Moscows Babushkinsky district court press service/AFP 3 min Moscow (AFP) A key aide to jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny said Thursday his organisation was disbanding its national network ahead of a court ruling expected to declare it an extremist organisation. The announcement came...

Channels Television   Updated April 29, 2021 Activists from Amnesty International demonstrate outside the Russian embassy in Berlin, on April 24, 2021, calling for the release of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny. Odd ANDERSEN / AFP   A key aide to jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny said Thursday his organisation was disbanding its national network ahead of a court ruling expected to declare it an extremist organisation. The announcement came as Navalny made his first video appearance in court ...

MOSCOW - Alexei Navalny's political network said Thursday it is disbanding, as the jailed Kremlin critic appeared in court, gaunt and shaven headed, for the first time since ending his hunger strike.

share Print Four years ago, a court in the Russian Far Eastern city of Blagoveshchensk watched Kill The Cosmonauts -- a satirical music video that proposed murdering space adventurers for "climbing toward heaven"-- and was not amused. The court found that the video, by a hardcore punk group called the Ensemble Of Christ The Savior And Crude Mother Earth, constituted "extremist material." It banned the video, on the basis of a 2002 Russian law, and added it to a federal blacklist of prohibited m...

A gaunt Alexei Navalny makes first court appearance in weeks amid crackdown on his allies The network of offices in dozens of regions that were opened when the opposition leader was campaigning to run in the 2018 presidential election are being closed down as the government petitions to outlaw its political opponents as extremist groups. By DARIA LITVINOVAAssociated Press Share In this photo provided by the Babuskinsky District Court on Thursday, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is se...

  MOSCOW -- A top ally of imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said Thursday that the network of the politicians offices in Russia is being closed as authorities seek to have it and Navalnys Foundation for Fighting Corruption outlawed as extremist groups. Also on Thursday, Navalny made his first public appearance in weeks, facing a court via video link from behind bars. The politician looked gaunt after a three-week hunger strike, but still was able to slam the Kremlin in an ...