Russian authorities have cracked down on more human rights groups, ordering one to shut down and raiding the homes of advocates from another - the latest steps in a clampdown that has intensified to unprecedented levels since the Kremlin sent troops...
And President Vladimir Putin on Friday signed amendments introducing into law life imprisonment as the punishment for treason. Previously, the maximum sentence on this charge, which has been increasingly levied against Russians in recent years, was 20 years.
On Thursday, a court in Moscow ordered the shutdown of the Sova Center, a prominent non-governmental organization that monitors racism and xenophobia in Russia, as well as implementation of anti-extremism laws. In a statement following the court hearing, Sova Center rejected the accusations and vowed to appeal the ruling, continuing its work in the meantime.German government spokesperson Christiane Hoffmann said Russia’s domestic crackdown appeared to have been stepped up in parallel with the attack on Ukraine.
Navalny, 46, was arrested in January 2021 upon returning to Moscow after recuperating in Germany from nerve-agent poisoning that he blamed on the Kremlin.
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