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A Russian court on Wednesday approved a request by prosecutors to declare organizations linked to jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny “extremist” in a move that outlaws the groups, his lawyers said on social media.
The ruling, which takes effect immediately, effectively bars the groups’ members from running in a parliamentary election this year.
Navalny, who is serving a 2-1/2-year jail sentence on charges he says are trumped-up, has denied extremism allegations, casting them as an attempt to stamp out opposition to the ruling United Russia party ahead of the parliamentary vote in September.
