New criminal proceedings
Moscow is looking for Navalny’s brother Oleg
February 21, 2024, 9:46 a.m
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After the death of Alexei Navalny, the Russian justice system is now looking for his brother Oleg. For the 40-year-old, this is a new chapter in the long list of conflicts with the authorities in his home country.
According to state sources, Russia has opened a new criminal case against the brother of the recently deceased Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, Oleg Navalny. The TASS news agency did not initially report what exactly he was accused of. The police are already looking for Oleg Navalny.
Oleg Navalny is already on a wanted list in connection with another matter. In this case from January 2022, it is not known in more detail what the 40-year-old is accused of.
In 2021, Oleg Navalny, along with important comrades-in-arms of his brother Alexei, were sentenced to a one-year suspended sentence because of the protests in support of the opposition. He was accused of violating Corona requirements.
When Alexei Navalny was sentenced to a suspended sentence of three and a half years on fraud charges in 2014, his brother Oleg also went to prison. He was only released in 2018 and has been repeatedly targeted by the Russian authorities since then. House arrest was imposed on him in January 2021, when large protests in support of his imprisoned brother were announced.
The death of Alexei Navalny, who had been imprisoned in Russia for years, became known on Friday. He died in a penal camp in the Arctic Circle at the age of 47. Navalny’s sudden death caused international consternation. Numerous Western politicians blamed the Russian leadership and President Vladimir Putin himself for the death. Moscow rejected the allegations.