INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
A Moscow court on Mondayarrested in absentia four allies of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny.At least eight exiled Navalny associates
ordered Kira Yarmysh, Maria Pevchikh, Dmitry Nizovtsev and Anna Biryukova to serve two months in pre-trial detention once they are arrested
Interior Ministry issuedarrest warrants for Pevchikh, Nizovtsev andBiryukova in December.Yarmysh has beenwanted since March 2022 on separate
charges of violating Covid restrictions.Russia banned ACF and Navalny's nationwide political network as "extremist" organizations in 2021,
a move widely seen as retaliation for their work to expose corruption among Russia's elites.Pevchikh holds dual Russian-British
citizenship and resides in the United Kingdom.Many Navalny associates have fled Russia under threat of imprisonment amid a widening wartime
