Russia: Move to Label Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation a “Terrorist Organization” Puts Thousands in Danger

Russia: Move to label Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation a “terrorist organization” puts thousands in danger

Reacting to news that Russia’s Prosecutor General’s Office has petitioned the Supreme Court to designate the Anti-Corruption Foundation (ACF) founded by the late prisoner of conscience Aleksei Navalny a “terrorist organization,” Marie Struthers, Amnesty International’s Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, said: “The Kremlin has been relentless in its persecution of Russian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny and his supporters. Its campai…

Russia’s ‘terrorists and extremists’ list is now sweeping up journalists and academics. Soon, Navalny donors could face life in prison.

A boom time for ‘terrorists and extremists’ In recent weeks, there’s been a sharp uptick in reports about new additions to Russia’s list of “terrorists and extremists.” Increasingly, the list includes not militants or separatists but ordinary opposition politicians, journalists, and public figures. In October 2025 alone, Russia’s Federal Financial Monitoring Service added the following people: Opposition politicians Vladimir Kara-Murza, Maksim K…

One more crosshair. Moscow seeks to outlaw Navalny’s foundation as a “terrorist organisation”, escalating previous “extremist” ban

Russia’s Prosecutor General’s Office asked the Supreme Court to have late opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation (ACF, or FBK in Russian), officially declare...