The court in Ufa arrested Olga Komleva in the FBK case

A court in Ufa arrested activist and RusNews journalist Olga Komleva on a criminal case of participation in an extremist community. It refers to the Anti-Corruption Fund founded by Alexei Navalny. This is reported by the edition “Govorit NeMoskva”.

The detention of Komleva became known the day before. She was taken to the Investigative Committee under the pretext of coercive pretext for questioning in the FBK case. Already in the department of the Investigative Committee, the activist was accused of participating in an extremist community, detained for 48 hours.

Olga Komlevoy, 45 years old. Before the ban on organizations created by Alexei Navalny, she worked as a volunteer in the Ufa politician’s headquarters. In 2021, the activist was fined for participating in rallies in support of Navalny.

In addition, Komleva collaborated with RusNews, covering protest actions for it, in particular, the January mass protests in the Bashkir city of Baymak, which were caused by the verdict against environmental activist Fail Alsynov.

• FBK founder Alexey Navalny died in the colony on February 16. His associates are sure that he was killed.
• The Russian authorities have declared FBK and Navalny’s headquarters to be extremist. People who were somehow connected with them may face criminal prosecution.
• The former head of Navalny’s headquarters in Ufa, Liliya Chanysheva, was sentenced to 7.5 years in prison – this is the first sentence in Russia related to the recognition of FBK and Navalny’s headquarters as extremists.