Russian authorities have restricted access to the website of imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny and to dozens of sites run by his close allies, Navalny's team said Monday. Navalny's website, as well as the website of his top strategist, Leonid Volkov, and longtime ally Lyubov Sobol were unavailable on Monday. People with Russian national flags attend a rally in support of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny in Moscow on April 21. Navalny's team pointed out Monday that the website of Smart Voting — a project to support candidates most likely to defeat the ones from the Kremlin's dominant United Russia party in various elections — remained available. Volkov, the strategist, suggested that authorities might block the strategy site "closer to the election" in September, in which Navalny's team plans to deploy the Smart Voting project.

Source: CBC News July 26, 2021 22:06 UTC