According to Russian Investigative Committee Spokeswoman Svetlana Petrenko, they are suspected under part 1, article 282.3 of the Russian Criminal Code (raising funds and offering financial services to finance an extremist organization)
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The Russian Investigative Committee opened a new criminal case against allies of jailed opposition activist Alexey Navalny, Leonid Volkov and Ivan.
According to Sergey Nechayev, "the goal of these organizations is to destabilize Russia’s domestic political situation in the light of the upcoming parliamentary elections this September"
Follow RT on Russian officials responsible for tracking financial crimes like money laundering and funding foreign militants have added the political operations of jailed anti-corruption campaigner Alexey Navalny to a list of extremist groups.
The decision made headlines on Friday, after Rosfinmonitoring, Moscow’s state agency monitoring illicit transactions, included
“the social movement of Navalny’s headquarters” in their list of
“active terrorists and extremists,” along with 510 other organizations. Far-right political factions and radical religious groups are among those registered by the officials.
A case against Navalny’s political campaign headquarters is currently being heard behind closed doors, with authorities seeking to have its operations banned under extremism laws. A judge is also considering whether to extend the same measures to two organizations set up by the jailed activist, the Anti-Corruption Foundation and the Foundation for the Prot