The ally of Navalny Ashurkov asked for political asylum in the UK
Alexey Navalny and Vladimir Ashurkov. Photo from the site alexej-schmidt.de The Executive Director of the Corruption Foundation, the associate of Alexei Navalny, Vladimir Ashurkov, said on Twitter that he had asked for asylum in the UK. “Some time ago, I asked the government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland asylum in connection with political persecution by the Russian authorities. I have no other comments on this subject,” he wrote.