Russia: Alexei Navalny's anti-corruption fund officially closed
Russian opponent Alexei Navalny in his office of the Anti-Corruption Fund (FBK), January 16, 2018 in Moscow.
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Official end of the movement for the movement founded by the Russian opponent in prison: its Anti-Corruption Fund (FBK) was liquidated this Wednesday, September 1.
The foundation of Alexeï Navalny was labeled "
foreign agent
" and "
extremist organization
", and banned.
Now, it no longer exists as a legal entity.
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With our correspondent in Moscow,
Anissa El Jabri
Ten years of existence which ended with a brief and administrative announcement on the website of the Russian Federal Tax Service.
The Anti-Corruption Fund, which had been the launching pad for
Alexeï Navalny's
political career
, actually no longer existed.
Upon the announcement of the opening of legal proceedings last April, the 37 branches of the organization had ceased their activities.
Closed offices, militants almost unreachable, a dive into silence.
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To read also: Russia blocks the sites of organizations and close to Navalny
Forcibly hospitalized
Those who today still try to keep a public activity pay a high price: searches and muscular summons to the police.
This was still the case this Wednesday for Alexeï Navalny's personal doctor.
Anastasia Vasilyeva is already under house arrest between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m., officially for not having respected the rules of social distancing during the Covid-19 period.
In Murmansk, on the edge of the Arctic Ocean, prominent activist Violetta Grudina was forcibly hospitalized, the latest stage after a series of intimidation.
She will not be able to run in the local elections next September.
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To read also: Russia: justice condemns Lioubov Sobol, a close friend of Alexeï Navalny
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