The Supreme Court of Russia has ordered the liquidation of the PARNAS opposition party. The May 25 ruling was made at request of the Justice Ministry. PARNAS (abbreviated form of the name of the Party of People's Liberty) was officially registered in 2012. It was led by former Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov, former Deputy Prime Minister Boris Nemtsov, and lawmaker Vladimir Ryzhkov. Nemtsov was gunned down near the Kremlin in February 2015, and Ryzhkov left the party's leadership before that. Since the beginning of Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine in February last year, PARNAS has not been politically active. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Russian Service, click here.
Russia's Supreme Court Shuts Down PARNAS Opposition Party
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