Investigative Committee filed new charges against Alexey Navalny

This was reported to TASS by the official representative of the Investigative Committee of Russia, Svetlana Petrenko.

According to the investigation, Navalny created a non-profit organization acting as a foreign agent - FBK *.

Since 2011, Navalny, together with Ivan Zhdanov, Leonid Volkov and other people, led it.

The UK believes that the foundation's activities were associated with encouraging people to commit illegal acts.

Earlier, a criminal case was opened against former FBK director Ivan Zhdanov and ex-head of Navalny ** headquarters Leonid Volkov in connection with their calls for financing extremist organizations.

The Investigative Committee explained that Zhdanov and Volkov violated the law because they realized that the activities of these structures were recognized as extremist by a court decision.

However, the defendants in the case announced the continuation of their illegal activities and organized a fundraiser.

Now the UK is establishing all the circumstances of the crime.

* The Anti-Corruption Foundation is included in the register of NPOs performing the functions of a foreign agent, by the decision of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation dated 09.10.2019;

the organization is recognized as extremist, its activities are prohibited on the territory of Russia by the decision of the Moscow City Court of 06/09/2021.

** "Navalny Headquarters" - the organization is recognized as extremist, its activities are prohibited on the territory of Russia by the decision of the Moscow City Court of 06/09/2021.