Ex-coordinator of Navalny's Kurgan headquarters received political asylum in Germany

The former head of Navalny's headquarters in Kurgan, Alexey Schwartz, received political asylum in Germany. This was reported by the publication “7×7”.

The oppositionist left Russia in the summer of 2021, and is now wanted. At home, a criminal case was opened against Schwartz for violating the secrecy of correspondence and telephone conversations (Part 1 of Article 138 of the Criminal Code). In addition, the activist was charged with evading military service (Part 1 of Article 328 of the Criminal Code). At first the case was closed, but then the regional prosecutor's office canceled the order to dismiss the case.

“I plan to get involved in politics and will continue to fight Putin. I would have left for Germany anyway, because I am an ethnic German. But criminal cases and the ban on my activities in the Russian Federation forced me to do this earlier. I consider the criminal case against me absurd,” Schwartz explained to 7x7 reporters.

• 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 Court of Appeal upheld this decision.
• At the end of September 2021, the Investigative Committee reported that a case was opened against Navalny and his associates, as well as other activists, regarding an extremist community (Parts 1 and 2 of Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code). Later it became known that several other cases filed earlier against the politician and several key figures in his structures were added to this case. Currently, within the framework of one case, in addition to the article on the extremist community, there are also articles on the financing of extremist activities (Part 1 of Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code), on the legalization of funds acquired by other persons through criminal means (clause “b” of Part 4 Article 174 of the Criminal Code), on the creation of a non-profit organization that infringes on the personality and rights of citizens (Part 2 of Article 239 of the Criminal Code), and on the involvement of minors in dangerous activities (clauses “a”, “c” of Part 2 of Article 151.2). UK). The case under the article on fraud due to donations to the Anti-Corruption Foundation was not combined with others.