Former coordinator of Navalny’s Krasnodar headquarters Anastasia Panchenko left Russia. She plans to engage in activism remotely. This was reported by Kavkaz.Realii.
“This is not a move for life, but simply, essentially, a vacation for an indefinite period of time. For security reasons, I do not want and cannot say where I am now. After all the trials, I decided to take a break and with renewed vigor I will continue the fight against United Russia and campaign for Smart Voting,” Panchenko commented on her departure.
- Starting in the spring of 2021, employees of FBK and Navalny’s headquarters began to leave Russia en masse. Thus, in May 2021, the former head of Navalny’s headquarters in Kaliningrad, Maria Petukhova, and the former volunteer of the Arkhangelsk branch of Navalny’s team, Dmitry Baturo, left the country. The ex-coordinator of Navalny’s headquarters in Chelyabinsk, Artem Yaumbaev, left for the United States. The move is associated with growing pressure from security forces after the “Free Navalny!” protests. and the transfer to court of a case on recognizing FBK and Navalny’s headquarters as “extremist organizations.”
- On June 9, 2021, the Moscow City Court recognized the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK), the Foundation for the Protection of Citizens' Rights (FZPG) and the headquarters of Alexei Navalny as “extremist organizations.” The ex-director of FBK, Ivan Zhdanov, was put on the international wanted list, and Lyubov Sobol, who worked as a lawyer at FBK, had to refuse to participate in the State Duma elections because of this.