by Sarah Hurst A court in Irkutsk has sentenced employee of Alexei Navalny’s campaign headquarters in the city Zakhar Sarapulov to six days in prison for helping to organise Navalny’s rally that took place on Nov. 4. Sarapulov immediately announced a hunger strike. He is the third person […]
by Sarah Hurst The owner of a furniture showroom in Irkutsk who provided a venue for Alexei Navalny’s rally on Nov. 4, Dmitri Tolmachev, has been sentenced to five days in prison a day after Navalny’s campaign coordinator in Irkutsk was jailed for seven days. Tolmachev was convicted […]
by Sarah Hurst The coordinator of Alexei Navalny’s campaign headquarters in Irkutsk, Sergei Bespalov, has been jailed for seven days in a closed court session. Bespalov was convicted of organising a public event without requesting permission, despite the fact that Navalny’s rally in the city on Nov. 4 […]
By Sarah Hurst After filing his lawsuit against Vladimir Putin for refusing to give him permission for rallies, Alexei Navalny held two more successful rallies in Irkutsk and Kemerovo this weekend. He bypassed local authorities altogether by getting invitations to appear on private property. The owner of a […]
by Sarah Hurst Kremlin retribution against Alexei Navalny’s top campaigners and supporters is intensifying. This morning the head of Navalny’s Moscow headquarters, Nikolai Lyaskin, was greeted at home by police blocking his car and demanding that he accompany them to the station. He did so and was held […]
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