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Russia Orders Navalny Groups To Suspend Activities 04/26/21 AT 9:17 AM 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 decade-long movement against President Vladimir Putin. The order came as a court began considering whether to designate Navalny's Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) and his regional offices as extremist organisations, putting them on par with the Islamic State group and Al-Qaeda and banning them in Russia. FBK published screenshots of a decision by the...

Daria Litvinova FILE - A woman argues with police officer during a protest in support of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny in Ulan-Ude, the regional capital of Buryatia, a region near the Russia-Mongolia border, Russia, in this Wednesday, April 21, 2021, file photo. 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. Such a label would outlaw their activities and expose members and supporters to lengthy prison terms, accord...

Russian authorities have 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 is another step in a sweeping crackdown on President Vladimir Putin’s fiercest critic and his organisations. The prosecutor’s office petitioned a court earlier this month to label Mr Navalny’s Foundation for Fighting Corruption and network of regional offices as extremist groups. Vladimir Putin (Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP) Such a label ...

Russian opposition activist Lyubov Sobol and her lawyer Vladimir Voronin arrive at the court in Moscow, Russia, Monday, April 26, 2021. Sobol was detained on Wednesday morning, ahead of a nationwide protest in support of imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, and charged with violating protest regulations. AP MOSCOW — 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 wa...

ABC News Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? OffOn Russian authorities suspend operations of Navalny's offices Russian authorities have ordered the offices of imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny to suspend their activities pending a court ruling on whether to outlaw them as an extremist group By DARIA LITVINOVA Associated Press April 26, 2021, 2:31 PM • 5 min read Catch up on the developing stories making headlines.The Associated Press MOSCOW -- Russian authorities on Monday ordered the offices of imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny to suspend...