Allies of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny have introduced using U.S.-based payments processor Stripe so Russian authorities cannot track, punish donations
Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny takes part in a rally to mark the 5th anniversary of opposition politician Boris Nemtsov's murder and to protest against proposed amendments to the country's constitution, in Moscow, Russia Feb. 29, 2020.Allies of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny introduced on Thursday a new way to accept online donations from Russia, using U.S. payments processor Stripe, so that authorities could not track and punish their supporters.
The announcement came via multiple social media accounts of Navalny’s team, which is largely based outside Russia, the day after a Russian court rejected an appeal against a decision to label their Anti-Corruption Foundation an “extremist” group. “We configured the system of receiving donations in a way that the final recipient is not seen, only an intermediary service provider is,” a Navalny team statement said.“All the payments will be transferred via independent service Stripe, which has no relation to Russia. All the information is encrypted and stored safely. No ‘Comrade Major’ would be able to access it,” Navalny allies added.
Stripe Inc, the most valuable U.S. technology startup, processes hundreds of billions of dollars in transactions every year for millions of businesses worldwide.Inc and Zoom Video Communications Inc., early investors Elon Musk and Peter Thiel, and Google’s venture capital arm.Navalny himself is serving two and a half years in jail for parole violations in an embezzlement case he says was trumped up.
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