- By Anton Grillo
- (General Dispatch) – Moscow AP media reported that a Moscow court is restricting any activity of the anti-corruption foundation created by opposition leader Navalny.
- Although Navalny remains in detention, the issue of his foundation will remain on trial, but the court is likely to brand the organization as an extremist group, limiting the opposition leader’s strategies in all respects.
- If the court does apply such a label, the foundation’s members and supporters may face stiff prison sentences, but the members said that despite the threats they will continue to raise their voices against the Russian government.
- Lawyer Ivan Pavlov, who is handling the foundation’s case, told the media that the Kremlin has limited activities through social networks, on meetings, or discussing anti-government issues, including blocking bank transfers for political purposes.
- Pavlov told the Associated Press that he will appeal the decision made by the court, he assumed that it was a hasty decision where the prosecutor’s office influenced it to be made in this way.
- Navalny’s foundation was created 10 years ago and has revealed countless cases of corruption in most of the officials who are currently serving in their respective positions.
- President Vladimir Putin is even alleged to have built a luxurious palace on the Black Sea coast with funds diverted from Russian taxpayers.
- Navalny has represented a problem for the Kremlin, as he has been the opponent who has faced Putin in the elections, although he did not manage to win, he has made known the great corruption maintained by the government through his organization and the activists who support him.
Adittional Information:
AP News: Moscow court restricts Navalny’s anti-corruption foundation
Economic Times: Russian court restricts Alexei Navalny’s anti-corruption foundation
