Moscow, Russia — Moscow prosecutors on Monday ordered regional campaign groups supporting jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny to stop their activities pending a request to outlaw them and his Anti-Corruption Foundation, representatives of the groups said.
A court ruling that the groups are “extremist” would give authorities the legal power to hand down jail terms to activists and freeze the groups’ bank accounts, essentially forcing them to stop campaigning for Russia’s highest-profile opposition figure.
At a preliminary hearing on Monday, prosecutors asked the Moscow court to prohibit the groups from taking part in elections, organizing protests, or publishing anything onli…
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