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Anti corruption campaigner alexei navalny. a statement by the moscow city court said navalny s regional network offices and his anti corruption organisation were branded extremist and banned with immediate effect. that means anyone who publicly supports mr navalny s political network can now be barred from running for public office. well, russian parliamentary elections are due to take place in just over three months. well, earlier, ispoke to rachel denberfrom human rights watch and asked her reaction to this latest news. two basic reactions. one, that sadly, it is utterly unsurprising that the court ruled in this way. this is exactly what we can expect from russia s justice systems, unfortunately. the second reaction is that it s completely it s a scandalous ruling, the lawsuit itself was completely unfounded and baseless. ....