PoliticsRussian Communist candidate Nikolai Bondarenko detained over Navalny photo in ‘extremist symbols’ case

Police detained Nikolai Bondarenko, a Communist Party candidate for Russia’s State Duma, in Saratov on August 21. He said he faces an administrative charge over displaying “extremist symbols.” A KPRF official said the case concerns a 2024 post showing Alexey Navalny that came from an account not belonging to Bondarenko. A penalty could bar him from the election.

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