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The political network of jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been ordered to suspend its activities pending a court ruling on whether to label it and other affiliated organizations extremist a move that would likely result in them being permanently shuttered.
In a hearing on Monday, prosecutors asked the Moscow City Court to stop the groups from organizing protests or publishing anything online, said Leonid Volkov, a Navalny associate.
Russian authorities accuse the organizations of posing a threat to Russia s constitutional order. By labeling them as extremist, the government would put Navalny s political network in the same league as radical groups such as the Islamic State.
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