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The lower house of Russia's parliament on Wednesday endorsed a bill that prevents people affiliated with groups considered extremist from running for office, part of authorities' efforts to sideline associates of imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny ahead of parliamentary elections later this year. After the State Duma approved the bill in the final third reading, it will now need to be vetted by the upper house and signed by President Vladimir Putin to become law. Lawmakers have fast-tracked the bill while a Moscow court has considered a request by prosecutors to designate ...

Russian Lawmakers Give Final Approval To Law Barring Navalny Allies From Seeking Office May 26, 2021 11:58 GMT Share share Print Russia's lower house of parliament, the State Duma, has approved the third and final reading of a bill that would ban supporters and members of "extremist" organizations from being elected to any post, a move making it virtually impossible for anyone connected to jailed opposition politician Aleksei Navalny from gaining public office. Under the draft bill approved on May 26, leaders and founders of organizations declared extremist or terrorist by Russian courts will...

Russian bill would bar Navalny allies from seeking office VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail FILE - In this Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021 file photo, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny looks at photographers standing in the Babuskinsky District Court in Moscow, Russia. Russian lawmakers have given preliminary approval to a bill that bars members of groups designated as extremist from running for public office, a measure intended to prevent allies of opposition leader Alexei Navalny from seeking parliament seats. The Kremlin-controlled lower house, the State Duma, quic...

Russian bill would bar Navalny allies from seeking office VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail FILE - In this Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021 file photo, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny looks at photographers standing in the Babuskinsky District Court in Moscow, Russia. Russian lawmakers have given preliminary approval to a bill that bars members of groups designated as extremist from running for public office, a measure intended to prevent allies of opposition leader Alexei Navalny from seeking parliament seats. The Kremlin-controlled lower house, the State Duma, quic...

Lawmakers in Russia have moved a step closer toward prohibiting members of “extremist organizations” from taking office, drawing fierce backlash from supporters of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, who have suggested the legislation is a way to prevent them from running in the upcoming parliamentary election.