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The prosecutor had asked the Moscow City Court to classify the opposition leader’s anti-corruption foundation and network of regional offices as “extremist” groups.

The Russian court declared the organization created by the opposition leader illegal Alexei Navalny, Label them “extremists”.

The Moscow City Court’s ruling on Wednesday took effect immediately, preventing people associated with the Navalny Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) and its network of regional offices throughout Russia from seeking public office.

The prosecutor’s spokesperson, Alexei Zhafyarov, said outside the court: “It was discovered that these organizations not only spread information and incite hatred and hostility towards government officials, but also carried out extremist actions.”

The label also means that activists who have worked with these organizations, anyone who has donated money to them, and even those who simply share organizational materials may be prosecuted and sentenced to long-term imprisonment.

Al Jazeera’s Bernard Smith reported in Moscow that he said the court ruled after a “mammoth” meeting that lasted nearly 13 hours.

He said that this decision “effectively” “has a final blow to Navalny’s political organization, which he spent several years building up to try to fight President Vladimir Putin.”

In recent years, FBK has put pressure on the Kremlin by publishing an investigation into the corruption of top political elites.This kind of exploration in turn stimulates Mass street demonstrations.

The extremist label also imposes long-term prison sentences on activists who have worked with these organizations, anyone who has donated money to them, and even those who simply share materials from these organizations. [Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP]

The court ruled that “Navarny’s organization is classified in Russia with Al-Qaida, far-right groups and Jehovah’s Witnesses.”

Smith said that before the September elections, Putin himself “is still popular, but his United Russia Party is not so popular, and some people worry that it will lose its seat.”

“This is another attempt to stop any threats against them and cut off verbal opposition,” he added, noting that Putin’s effective opponents are now either in prison, exiled or facing charges.

“Therefore, people who were able to speak out against Putin and the ruling party in Russia before have been silenced every time.”

Attorney Yevgeny Smirnov (Yevgeny Smirnov) also stated at the hearing that lasted into the evening that the prosecutor’s motion was aimed at barring Navalny’s associates from running for public office.

“This case is related to the law prohibiting the election of all persons connected with the Anti-Corruption Foundation,” Smirnov said.

The court meeting was held behind closed doors on the grounds that confidential materials will be discussed. The judge rejected the defense appeal that allowed Navalny to participate through the prison video link and rejected other motions of the defense.

Navalny is President Vladimir Putin’s most ardent political enemy. He was arrested after returning from Germany in January, where he spent five months blaming the nerves of the Kremlin. Recovered from poisoning-Russian officials refused to accept the accusation.

In February of this year, the 44-year-old opposition leader was sentenced to two and a half years in prison for violating the probation clause for the 2014 corruption offence. He was dismissed because of political motives.

Navalny has offices in dozens of regions in Russia Closed in April Before the prosecutor issued an injunction to suspend their activities before the court ruling, the accomplices of the opposition leader vowed to continue their work in a different form. According to the prosecutor, pro-Navarny groups are plotting to disrupt the political situation in Russia and are committed to promoting a popular revolution.

His foundation was established 10 years ago, ruthlessly targeting high-level government officials with colorful and widely watched videos, detailing allegations of corruption against them.??? One of its latest works, which received 117 million views on YouTube, claimed that a luxurious palace on the coast of the Black Sea was built for Putin through an elaborate corruption plan. The Kremlin denied any connection with Putin.

Navalny also relied on his offices across Russia to organize anti-Kremlin protests and implement his smart voting strategy – a support candidate most likely to defeat the Kremlin-dominant unified Russia in various elections. The project of the party candidate.