“We know about this,” Price said.
He noted that such actions are a continuation of the model of behavior of the Russian authorities.
“Of course, this follows the actions of the Russian government – not only with the arrest and detention of Navalny, but also with the brutal repression of many Russians who peacefully took to the streets to protest against his detention. This follows attempts to intimidate and suppress those independent NGOs So in many ways this is just a continuation of a very disturbing model.The United States continues to stand on the side of many Russians whom we saw not so long ago, when they peacefully took to the streets again to call their government to account, to express their the desire for greater freedom, to protest against the repressions to which they were subjected. So yes, we are watching very closely, “said the speaker.
Context:
11th August Navalny was charged in the creation of the Anti-Corruption Fund (FBK), which was previously recognized as extremist in the Russian Federation.
The Anti-Corruption Foundation is a non-profit foundation created by Navalny, whose main activities were investigations, disclosure of corruption schemes and suppression of corruption in the highest bodies of the Russian government. By the decision of the Ministry of Justice of Russia in October 2019, the FBK was recognized in Russia as a non-profit organization – a foreign agent.
In July 2020, Navalny announced the closure of FBK and the creation of a new legal entity – the Citizens Rights Protection Fund. He entered the register of non-profit foreign agents in December 2020.
Moscow Prosecutor’s Office April 16, 2021 demanded to recognize the funds and headquarters of Navalny extremist organizations… According to the ministry, Navalny’s comrades-in-arms want to “create conditions for changing the foundations of the constitutional order, including using the scenario of the” color revolution “.
In early June, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed law, which prohibits participation in elections for people involved in the activities of an extremist or terrorist organization. In the Russian Federation, it was called “the law against the FBK”.
June 9 Moscow City Court recognized the organizations founded by Navalny as extremist… Now the activities of foundations are officially banned, and their members and even just supporters, according to the new law, will not be able to be elected to the legislative bodies of all levels for several years.
Navalny said that the decision of the Moscow City Court will not force him and his supporters to deviate from their goals.
The oppositionist himself is in a colony in the Vladimir region. In January, after returning from Germany, where he was treated after being poisoned with a Novichok-class war agent (Navalny believes that there was an assassination attempt organized by the FSB on Putin’s orders), he was arrested in the Yves Rocher case. As part of this case, he previously received a suspended sentence and was supposed to report to the investigators, but did not do this due to treatment in Germany. Simonovsky Court of Moscow February 2 replaced his suspended sentence with a real one in the Yves Rocher case. Taking into account the time spent under house arrest, the politician will stay in a general regime colony for two years and 6.5 months.
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