Jailed opposition leader faces another three years in jail in the run-up to parliamentary elections in September
Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny in Moscow, Russia, February 29 2020. Picture: REUTERS/SHAMIL ZHUMATOV
Navalny and his allies are accused of creating “a non-profit organisation that infringes on the persons and rights of citizens”, Russia’s Investigative Committee said in a statement on Wednesday. The charges carry a maximum sentence of three years in jail. If convicted, he will be in jail during the presidential election in 2024.
The new charges cite Navalny’s use of his Anti-Corruption Foundation to appeal to Russians to participate in unauthorised protests early in 2021. Later, the government banned the group, along with the rest of Navalny’s organisations, as “extremist”.
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