A former aide to jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny has slammed Russian authorities’ use of the extremism law to suppress peaceful political opposition as she appeals her pre-trial restrictions in court siberian monday. Ksenia Fadeyeva, who was elected to the Tomsk city council in 2020, faces up to 12 yearsRead More →
Separately, the Federal Prison Service demanded that Navalny’s brother’s suspended sentence be turned into a prison sentence. Russian authorities have added imprisoned Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny and a handful of his allies to an official list of “terrorists and extremists”. Also on Tuesday, local news agencies reported that the FederalRead More →
Three of five associates of imprisoned Russian opponent Aleksei Navalny who were arrested by police in raids across the country on December 28 have been freed. The five former directors of the headquarters of Navalny’s network of regional campaign groups have been arrested and questioned for possibly abusing their officialRead More →
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that one of the country’s oldest and most prominent human rights organizations must be shut down, a move that sparked public outrage. and is the latest step in a months-long crackdown on human rights activists, independent media and opposition supporters. TheRead More →
Russian police have taken three former regional coordinators of Aleksei Navalny’s campaign team for questioning amid continued pressure against associates of the jailed opposition leader. The home of Zakhar Sarapulov, who headed the Irkutsk headquarters of Navalny’s network of regional campaign groups, was raided in the early morning of DecemberRead More →
Deep in Siberia, Russia, the city of Tomsk has long been home to a storied Jewish past. With the inauguration of its new cultural and educational center for children on September 12, the city’s Jewish community celebrated a bright future. Located next to the Choral Synagogue in Tomsk, the newRead More →