Navalny Headquarters

[2] At the peak of Navalny's presidential campaign, 81 headquarters operated in the regions of Russia, including 11 "people's" ones — opened on the initiative of local residents on their own.

[12] Already after the opening, many headquarters were subjected to attacks by pro-government activists and vandals,[13][14][15] visits by security officials[16] (sometimes with the seizure of campaign materials and equipment[17][18]) or arrests of employees.

[22] As part of this case, several waves of searches were carried out at the FBK office, Navalny's headquarters throughout Russia, their employees and volunteers, and the accounts of legal entities and individuals were blocked.

[29] On June 9, 2021, the Moscow City Court, in a closed session, recognized the "public movement "Navalny Headquarters"" and the FBK as extremist organizations and banned their activities in Russia.

[31] During the process of recognizing Navalny's headquarters as an extremist organization, many of their ex-coordinators left the country due to the threat of persecution, and some of those who remained in Russia were under investigation.

[33] On November 9, 2021, Lilia Chanysheva, the former coordinator of Navalny’s city headquarters, was detained in Ufa and subsequently sent to a pre-trial detention center.

[2] Initially, Navalny's headquarters were deployed throughout Russia as part of the politician's presidential campaign to solve three main tasks: preparing for the collection of signatures, training observers and agitation.

[47] On December 25, the Central Election Commission refused to register the politician as a candidate, in connection with which the Navalny team announced a "strike of voters", for which regional headquarters were reorganized.

[48][49] The headquarters also organized observation of the presidential elections in key regions, including Chechnya,[50] known for large-scale electoral fraud,[51] the persecution of disloyal citizens and human rights violations.