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Retroactive repression: Five former team Navalny activists arrested in cities across Russia


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Russian police reportedly detained as many as five former activists from Alexey Navalny's disbanded political network on Tuesday, December 28. According to various reports, arrests were carried out in the cities of Tomsk, Irkutsk, Arkhangelsk, Barnaul, and Saratov (though not all of the detentions have been confirmed). Following interrogations, investigators brought criminal charges against two of the detained activists -- former regional coordinators Ksenia Fadeeva and Zakhar Sarapulov -- for involvement in an extremist group and participation in a nonprofit organization that infringes on the rights of citizens. Both Fadeeva and Sarapulov were arraigned on Tuesday and placed under restrictions pending trial.
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MEDUZA/EN/VHFBy Nikolai Priser