A Moscow court has arrested opposition figure Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of late Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, in absentia on charges of "participating in an extremist organization,"Paralel.Az reports citing The Moscow Times.

Navalnaya announced that she would continue Navalny’s work shortly after his death in an Arctic prison in February.

Russian authorities designated Navalny’s activist network, including the disbanded Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK), as “extremist” in 2021, placing employees, volunteers and supporters at risk of criminal prosecution.