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Kaliningrad: ex-coordinator of the headquarters of Navalny left Russia
The supporter of the opposition Alexei Navalny - Maria Petukhova - left Russia. Previously, she headed the headquarters of the policy in Kaliningrad. This was reported by "New Kaliningrad" with reference to the activist itself.
In an interview with the publication, Petukhova noted that she decided to leave, because "it was very difficult in the last month." According to the New Kaliningrad, the supporter of Navalny is in one of the Baltic republics.
At the end of April, the court in Kaliningrad fined Petukhov for 150 thousand rubles for a post on social networks. In February, she spent 12 days under arrest.
Petukhova is already the second ex -coordinator of the headquarters of Navalny, who left Russia. In April 2018, Yegor Chernyuk left the country. After the elections of the President of Russia, a criminal case was brought to Chernyuk for evasion in the army. In an interview with Radio Liberty, he said that to urgently leave Russia due to the pressure of the police and the center for countering extremism. Now he is studying in the USA.
- In April 2021, the Moscow Prosecutor's Office demanded that the Corruption Fund and the headquarters of the opposition Alexei Navalny with extremist organizations recognize. The head of the regional network of the headquarters of Navalny Leonid Volkov on the termination of the headquarters, since their employees may be subjected to criminal prosecution. Rosfinmonitoring included Navalny’s headquarters in the list of extremists and terrorists before a court decision.
- On April 30, Rosfinmonitoring included the "public movement of Navalny headquarters" in the list of extremists and terrorists, without waiting for a court decision.