Russian lawmakers move to ban Navalny supporters from polls

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Russia's lower house of parliament Tuesday approved legislation in a first reading that would ban members of 'extremist' organisations from becoming lawmakers, a move targeting supporters of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny.

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny stands inside a glass cell during a court hearing at the Babushkinsky district court in Moscow on February 20, 2021. – The Kremlin’s most prominent opponent Alexei Navalny faces two court decisions on Saturday that could seal a judge’s ruling to jail him for several years, after he returned to Russia following a poisoning attack.

It comes alongside a trial beginning in June to decide whether to add Navalny’s network of regional offices and his Anti-Corruption Foundation to a list of “terrorist and extremist” organisations. The legislation debated Tuesday will bar leaders of extremist groups from standing in parliament elections for five years, said lawmaker Vasily Piskaryov.

The FBK routinely publishes investigations into alleged graft by officials at all levels of government.Its most notable probes were YouTube reports showing sprawling luxury properties allegedly belonging to Putin and former president and prime minister Dmitry Medvedev. The reports helped spur mass anti-government protests.

 

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