Russia prosecutors seek to label Navalny groups ‘extremist.’ — file picMOSCOW, Apr 17 — Russian prosecutors today asked a Moscow court to designate organisations linked to jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny as “extremist” in a move that could ban them in Russia and result in jail time for their members.
It also accused the organisations of creating conditions for “changing the foundations of the constitutional order” and called their activities “undesirable”. The 44-year-old spent five months there recovering from a near-fatal poisoning attack that he says was carried out on the orders of President Vladimir Putin.
Founded in 2011, FBK has already had its assets frozen in 2019 and received multiple fines over non-compliance with Russia’s “foreign agent” law. Navalny’s allies and organisations are subject to frequent police raids and arrests over their political activities.