Contact Us

Russia launches new case against jailed Kremlin critic Navalny

The Investigative Committee, which probes major crimes in Russia, said in a statement that no later than 2014 Navalny "created an extremist network and directed it" with the aim of "changing the foundations of the constitutional system in the Russian Federation".

Reuters WORLD
Published September 28,2021
Subscribe

Russia's Investigative Committee has launched a new criminal case against jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny and his allies, the committee said in a statement on Tuesday.

The committee said it was investigating Navalny on suspicion of setting up an "extremist group" together with his associates. A Russian court has already outlawed Navalny's anti-corruption foundation as extremist and he himself is in prison for parole violations.