Russia relaxes house arrest for Navalny's brother and close ally - monitor

A Russian court on Wednesday eased the terms of house arrest for the brother of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny as well as several of his allies, the OVD-Info protest monitoring group said.

Oleg Navalny, Lyubov Sobol, Lyudmila Shtein and Konstantin Yankauskas were initially put under house arrest for flouting COVID-19 restrictions over a protest in January during a broad crackdown on his allies.

The TASS news agency said the Moscow court has instead banned them from leaving their houses from 8 pm until 6 am.