A court in Siberia on November 13 ordered Ksenia Fadeyeva, a local lawmaker and the former head of jailed opposition leader Aleksei Navalny's regional team, to be sent to pretrial detention. An investigation of Fadeyeva was launched in December 2021 and she was charged with extremism, barred from using the Internet and from communicating with others without the permission of investigators, and attending public events. Last month, a court placed Fateyeva under house arrest, saying she violated those restrictions. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Siberia.Realities, click here.
Siberian Lawmaker, Former Navalny Associate Confined To Detention Center
Ksenia Fadeyeva (file photo)