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#BREAKING Russian court brands Navalny political organisations "extremist"

#BREAKING Navalny says he won't "retreat" after court brands his organisations extremist

#BREAKING UK calls Navalny organisation ban 'perverse', 'Kafka-esque'

#UPDATE A court in Moscow Wednesday branded the political organisations of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny as "extremist" and barred them from working in Russia, a further blow to the embattled opposition ahead of parliamentary elections.
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