Moscow court set to disband pro-Navalny organizations
By: DW
The Moscow City Court on Wednesday was considering a request by prosecutors to disband organizations linked to jailed Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny Wednesday.
Moscow's chief prosecutor accuses Navalny and his allies of attempting to destabilize Russia socially and politically.
How is the Russian state targeting Navalny's organizations?
By labeling Navalny's network "extremist," the Russian state is using a tactic previously used to dismantle certain far-right and Islamist groups within the country as well as the Jehovah's witnesses.
The move grants the Russian state formal power to jail activists and freeze their bank accounts.