Russia adds Putin critic Alexei Navalny to ‘terrorists and extremists’ list

Moscow: Russia authorities on Tuesday have added imprisoned Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny and some of his aides to a list of “terrorists and extremists”.

The move is seen as Russia’s attempt of continue clampdown on the opposition and human rights activists.

Authorities have included Navalny, Vladimir Putin’s fiercest critic, and eight of his alliesincluding top aides Lyubov Sobol and Georgy Alburov were on Tuesday added to the registry by Russia’s Federal Financial Monitoring Service.