Follow RT on The “Anti-Corruption Foundation,” founded by now-jailed Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny in 2011, has been determined by the Moscow City Court on Wednesday to be an extremist organization, in a hearing behind closed doors.
Alongside the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK), his national network of political offices and his Citizens’ Rights Protection Foundation were also branded as extremist.
The decision comes six weeks after the same body approved preliminary restrictions against the activist’s organization, pending today’s result. These limits included a ban on posting materials online, as well as a prohibition on organizing rallies and participating in elections.
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17 April 2021, 11:33 UTC
Responding to news that a Russian prosecutor has lodged a court request to declare Aleksei Navalnyâs Anti-Corruption Foundation and associated organizations as âextremistâ and to consequently ban their activities, Natalia Zviagina, Amnesty Internationalâs Moscow Office Director, said:
âThis looming ban has far reaching consequences for Russian civil society. Tens of thousands of peaceful activists and the staff of Aleksei Navalnyâs organizations are in grave danger â if their organizations are deemed âextremistâ they will be at imminent risk of criminal prosecution. This looming ban has far reaching consequences for Russian civil society. Tens of thousands of peaceful activists and the staff of Aleksei Navalnyâs organizations are in grave danger