News brief
Officials define extremist activity broadly; it includes opposition groups like the one created by late opposition leader Alexei Navalny and the 鈥渋nternational LGBT movement.鈥 Authorities have ramped up their crackdown on dissent since the invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Online censorship and prosecutions for social media posts and comments have soared, and independent news outlets and rights groups have been shut down.聽