Moscow apartment owned by opposition figure Navalny seized as Kremlin-linked businessman chases $1.1million debt

Bailiffs in Moscow

Bailiffs in Moscow have seized an apartment belonging to opposition figure Alexey Navalny. The move comes after his team was ordered to pay 88 million rubles ($1.1 million) in libel damages to a businessman dubbed “Putins Chef.”

According to Kira Yarmysh, Navalny’s spokeswoman, authorities took action against his property in the Maryino district of Moscow on August 27, a week after the activist was allegedly poisoned.  It now can’t be sold, donated, or mortgaged.

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