A court in Russia begins the process of evaluation of a request to label opposition activist Alexei Navalny's network Anti-Corruption Foundation as "extremists", which, according to Navalny's lawyers and allies, would prevent them from running for office and carrying out their activities.
/cloudfront-us-east-2.images.arcpublishing.com/reuters/ZPF4FYJ33ZOZXHADETE3YJEXDE.jpg "Russian court weighs pre-election knockout blow to Kremlin critic Navalny's network © Reuters")