Kazakhstan Approves Russia’s Request to Extradite Navalny-linked Activist

Kazakhstan’s Prosecutor General’s Office has granted a request by the Russian government to extradite activist Yulia Yemelyanova, a former volunteer at Alexey Navalny’s headquarters in St. Petersburg, her legal representative Murat Adam told Vlast on February 11.

Yemelyanova, who faces criminal charges in Russia for stealing a phone from a taxi driver, has been in pre-trial detention in Kazakhstan since being detained at an airport in Almaty in September 2025.

The Russian Anti-War Committee...