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Russian govt blocks 49 Navalny-linked websites

By AFP
July 27, 2021

Moscow: Russia’s media regulator has blocked 49 websites linked to jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, his ally said on Monday, as pressure mounts on the movement of the opposition leader ahead of parliamentary elections in the autumn. Navalny, President Vladimir Putin’s most vocal domestic critic, was arrested in January after he returned to Russia following months of treatment in Germany for a nerve agent poisoning he blames on the Kremlin.