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The prominent critic of President Vladimir Putin has been accused of creating a non-profit organisation that infringes on people’s rights.

The prominent critic of President Vladimir Putin has been accused of creating a non-profit organisation that infringes on people’s rights.

Russian regulators block the website of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny before the election Navalny’s team said on Monday that Russian authorities have restricted access to the website of imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny and dozens of sites run by his close allies. This move comes at a time when the government is putting increasing pressure on opposition supporters, independent journalists and human rights activists before the Russian parliamentary elections. The September vote is widely regarded as an important part of President Vladimir Putin’s efforts to consolidate his rule b...

June 29, 2021 at 4:34 pm MOSCOW (AP) — A court on Tuesday ordered the arrest of a top associate of imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, though the man lives outside the country out of the reach of authorities. The Nagatinsky District Court said Ivan Zhdanov should be arrested on charges of failing to comply with an earlier court ruling — an offense that carries a prison term of up to two years. Zhdanov, who lives abroad, dismissed the ruling to arrest him as a “pseudo judicial procedure” in a statement posted on his Instagram. Zhdanov headed Navaln...

The court labeled the groups extremist, a move aimed at keeping Kremlin critics from running for parliament in September. The U.S. State Department condemned the court's ruling.