A Moscow court on January 29 issued arrest warrants for imprisoned opposition politician Aleksei Navalny's self-exiled associates -- Maria Pevchikh, Kira Yarmysh, Dmitry Nizovtsev, and Anna Biryukova -- on charges of organizing an extremist group. Pevchikh, Yarmysh, and Nizovtsev are additionally charged in absentia with the distribution of false information about the Russian military; Biryukova is also wanted for allegedly justifiying terrorism. Pevchikh, the head of Navalny's International Anti-Corruption Foundation, was also charged with vandalism, on unspecified grounds. The four activists currently reside in the European Union. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Russian Service, click here.
Moscow Court Issues Arrest Warrants For Four Of Navalny's Self-Exiled Associates
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