The main opponent of Russian President Vladimir Putin, and one of his collaborators in exile, Lioubov Sobol, have been placed on this list of the Russian financial intelligence service, Rosfinmonitoring.
With our correspondent in Moscow, Anissa El Jabri
Arrested a year ago and sentenced to two and a half years behind bars, Alexei Navalny knew he risked much more. Another figure known to his relatives in exile, Lioubov Sobol, was also placed on this “terrorist and extremist” list. Nine other people linked to his movement too. Their names are added to those of the two main lieutenants of the opponent in prison Ivan Zhdanov and Leonid Volkov had received this infamous qualifier two weeks ago.
This terrorist and extremist catalog includes thousands of individuals and hundreds of Islamist, religious and ultranationalist organizations banned in Russia, such as the Taliban or the Islamic State group.
Alexeï Navalny continues to give news from behind bars. On January 17, a year to the day after his arrest, the anti-corruption activist said ” regret nothing and called on the Russians not to have fear “.
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