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The 44-year-old opposition figure was arrested in January after returning to Russia from Germany. (File) Moscow: A Russian court on Tuesday imposed sweeping bans on jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny's Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK), its director said, while it considers whether to designate the group an extremist organisation. FBK director Ivan Zhdanov said on Twitter that the court had banned the group from posting content on the internet, using state media, organising protests, participating in elections and using bank deposits. Earlier Tuesday the Moscow city court's press service to...

Anti-Corruption Foundation barred from posting online amid other restrictions.

A court in Russia has imposed sweeping bans on jailed opposition leader Alexey Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK), its director has said. Ivan Zhdanov said on social media on Tuesday the court had banned the FBK from posting content on the internet, using state media, organising protests, participating in elections and using bank deposits. He added, however, that the decision “will not affect” the FBK’s work. Earlier on Tuesday, the Moscow city court’s press service told reporters a judge had agreed to a “ban on certain activities” for the FBK without clarifying what the...

Russian prosecutors on Monday suspended the activities of Alexei Navalny's regional offices, in a move his team said would essentially shut down the jailed opposition figure's movement. The move comes after Navalny, President Vladimir Putin's most outspoken critic, ended a hunger strike last week that he had launched to demand proper medical treatment in prison. A court in Moscow on Monday began proceedings into designating Navalny's Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) and its regional offices 'extremist' after prosecutors requested they be added to a list run by Russia's Anti-Terrorism Committe...

Russian opposition activist Lyubov Sobol and her lawyer Vladimir Voronin arrive at the court in Moscow, Russia, Monday, April 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko) MOSCOW (AP) — Russian authorities on Monday ordered the offices of imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny to suspend their activities pending a court ruling on whether they should be outlawed as an extremist group. The injunction from the Moscow prosecutor’s office was another step in a sweeping crackdown on Navalny, President Vladimir Putin’s fiercest critic, and his organizations. The prosecutor’s office peti...