Investigative Committee opened a new case against Navalny's comrades-in-arms Volkov and Zhdanov

MOSCOW, Aug 10. The Investigative Committee of Russia opened a new criminal case against Alexey Navalny's comrades-in-arms Leonid Volkov and Ivan Zhdanov — about financing extremist organizations, Svetlana Petrenko, an official representative of the RF IC, told RIA Novosti. “A criminal case has been initiated against Leonid Volkov, Ivan Zhdanov and other persons. committing the crime «Raising funds and providing financial services, knowingly intended to finance an extremist organization», — she said. extremist activities of the public movement Navalny's Staffs * are also banned. * Despite this, the investigation points out, on August 5, a video was posted on the Internet with the participation of Zhdanov, who served as director of the FBK *, and Volkov, who headed the Navalny's Staffs *. RT: Sobol left Russia, despite the ban «Realizing that these organizations are recognized as extremist, Volkov and Zhdanov announced the continuation of their illegal activities and organized a fundraiser, calling on an unlimited number of people to support the Navalny Team and fund them by donations according to the link «, — added Petrenko. In addition, according to Petrenko, they reported on methods of transferring money and cryptocurrency «in conditions of secrecy and anonymity of the donor from law enforcement agencies.» * Extremist organizations banned in Russia, recognized as foreign agents The court sentenced brother Navalny to a year of probation