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A court in Moscow has issued an arrest warrant for the widow of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny on charges of extremism, according to state media.

The charges brought against Yulia Navalnaya, who lives outside Russia, in absentia are to do with her alleged "participation in an extremist society", Tass news agency said.

Navalny was Russia's most significant opposition leader of the past decade. He died in February in an Arctic Circle jail. Russian authorities said he died of natural causes - but his widow said Navalny had been "tortured, starved, cut off and killed" by Russia's president Vladimir Putin.

Navalny had been serving 19 years on extremism charges that were widely seen as politically motivated.

Responding to the arrest warrant against her, Yulia Navalnaya posted on X: "When you write about this, please do not forget to write the main thing: Vladimir Putin is a murderer and a war criminal.

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[–] [email protected] 72 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Vladimir Putin is a murderer and a war criminal.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Vladimir Putin is a murderer and a war criminal.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago

Vladimir Putin is a murderer and a war criminal.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Also a sad, bald fuckwit whose only true skill is blackmail.

Did I mention he is also into crossdressing and urinating on underage boys?

[–] [email protected] 54 points 1 month ago (17 children)

Someone really needs to take putin out

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 month ago

Also Trump and most of the Supreme Court judges.

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[–] [email protected] 52 points 1 month ago (2 children)

participation in an extremist society

Considering what Russia considers to be extremist at this point, I think most of us live in that society. Maybe they should arrest everyone.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 month ago

That's what they're aiming for, yes

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm assuming that's dodgy translation of "involved in an organisation" rather than a literal "we live in a society", right?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

It's a Russian court. They'd convict someone for breathing in an extremist manner.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This is 2025 under Trump...

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago

Remember that higher turnout is bad for the GOP. Get out and vote.

If someone says you shouldn't vote, or that you should vote 3rd party, call them an unwashed tankie troglodyte. Don't try to argue with them, because they're dishonest, stupid, or both.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 1 month ago (2 children)

AFAIK she is not in Russia, and I seriously hope that she is living an a country that is not in a hugs&kisses relation with Putler.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 month ago (3 children)

She's in danger in any country, Putin's grunts this year already shot a defector who received a new identity and lived in Spain. Ended up in an underground garage with a few bullets in his body. Granted, he was stupid / desperate enough to contact his spouse in Russia to come join him. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68337794#

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

And left Ukraine to hang out in a Russian Mafia infested Spanish tourist town.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I don't really expect random Russian citizens to know every city with a Russian mob presence

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Whoever gave him a new identity would have told him whether his choice of place is a good one…

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

That's true. I hope she will survive the Russian terrorists.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Personally I'd go live in Reykjavik. I highly doubt the Russian enforcers operate there. Plus if they find me there's always the chance of a convenient volcano delaying them.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Also if Putins agents have you surrounded, you could just pick up Björk by her feet and roundhouse ‘em by swinging her in a circle

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

Trump gonna turn her in so he can eat more Putin ass

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 month ago

May she survive the Russian terrorists.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago

Surprising nobody.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Navalny had been serving 19 years on extremism charges that were widely seen as politically motivated.

Can they be not? Isn't that what extremism means?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

I was under impression that his last sentence was for his founding role in ACF which was deemed extremist organization for made up connections to Tatarsky's bombing, which would make that a terrorism change. But as a refresher I've looked up, and in reality they've been designated extremists for participation in elections, basically. The official case states that the foundation's goal was to stage a coup in fashion of Orange Revolution. And now with it, they have a case to put everyone who's ever been in contact with ACF in prison for 6 years, which they actively exercise. It's a complete sham, such a corrupt government should not exist in a modern world.

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