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Navalny has been the most ardent political foe of President Vladimir Putin.

Russian court outlaws opposition leader’s groups, Navalny vows not to ‘retreat’ Issued on: 09/06/2021 - 23:20 Navalny posted the message in a post on his Instagram account from the penal colony where he is currently being held. © Maxim Shemetov, REUTERS file photo 5 min A Moscow court on Wednesday night outlawed the organisations founded by Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny by labeling them extremist, the latest move in a campaign by authorities to silence dissent and bar Kremlin critics from running for parliament...

Groups founded by Putin-critic Alexei Navalny declared 'extremist,' outlawed by Moscow court A Moscow court on Wednesday outlawed organizations founded by Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny by labelling them extremist, the latest move in a campaign by authorities to silence dissent and bar Kremlin critics from running for parliament in September. Social Sharing The Associated Press · Posted: Jun 09, 2021 5:40 PM ET | Last Updated: June 9 Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny stands in a cage in the Babuskinsky District Court in Moscow, on Feb. 20, 2021. A Moscow court outlawed his...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed into law a bill that would ban supporters and members of organizations deemed as "extremist" from being elected to any post -- making it virtually impossible for anyone connected to jailed opposition politician Aleksei Navalny from gaining public office.

Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny asked a court on May 31 to halt the hourly nighttime checks he has been subjected to in his penal colony, saying the measure amounts to “torture.”