Russian liberal party Yabloko announced on October 18 it will cut ties with members who had backed jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny’s anti-Kremlin voting initiative, a move that underlines bitter divisions in the country’s fragmented opposition.
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The Moscow Times: ‘Last liberal party’ cuts ties with Navalny supporters
An officer of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service walks near the gate of the penal colony N2, where Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny has been transferred to serve a two-and-a-half year prison term for violating parole, in the town of Pokrov on March 1, 2021.