Prominent supporters of Alexei Navalny face ‘indefinite’ house arrest

Pussy Riot members among those caught up in what activists say is a Kremlin attempt to shut down' anti-Putin protests

Supporters of the jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny face the prospect of indefinite house arrest, in what campaigners say is an attempt by the Kremlin to shut down" anti-government protests.

Ten prominent activists have been under house arrest for the past two months, including two members of Pussy Riot, Masha Alekhina and Lucy Shtein, as well as Navalny's brother Oleg, and Lyubov Sobol, a lawyer with the opposition leader's Anti-Corruption Foundation.