Russian authorities put opposition leader Navalny’s widow on ‘extremists’ list

Yulia Navalnaya, widow of late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny (Gian Ehrenzeller/Keystone via AP)

Russian authorities have put the widow of dead Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny on a list of “terrorists and extremists”, continuing a sweeping Kremlin crackdown on the opposition.

Earlier this week, a Moscow court ordered the arrest of Yulia Navalnaya, who lives abroad, on charges of alleged involvement in an extremist group.