Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny faces a new trial, this time in prison
A new trial against Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has opened at the penal colony where he faces another lengthy prison term.
by The Associated Press
Feb 15, 2022
3 minutes
MOSCOW â A new trial against Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny opened Tuesday at the penal colony where he faces another lengthy prison term, a further step in a yearlong, multi-pronged crackdown on Russia's most ardent Kremlin critic, his allies and other dissenting voices.
Navalny, President Vladimir Putin's longtime foe, is charged with fraud and contempt of court. His allies denounced the case as an effort by the Kremlin to keep the anti-corruption crusader in
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