March 2, 2026
Kazakhstan denies asylum to former employee of Navalny’s St. Petersburg office pending extradition to Russia
A court in the city of Almaty has denied asylum to St
TL;DR
- A court in Almaty, Kazakhstan, denied asylum to Russian activist Yulia Yemelyanova.
- Yemelyanova was arrested in September 2025 in Kazakhstan after being placed on a Russian wanted list.
- Her extradition to Russia is pending, but the court ruling is not yet final, allowing for an appeal.
- Yemelyanova previously volunteered at Alexei Navalny's headquarters in St. Petersburg and left Russia in 2021.
- She is the fourth Russian asylum seeker to face a deportation decision from Kazakhstan since late January.
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