Russian opposition figurehead Alexei Navalny told supporters after being freed from jail on Thursday that the threat of imprisonment or huge fines would do nothing to stop protests against the rule of President Vladimir Putin. full story ![]()
The trial has resumed in the case against a Russian opposition leader who led protests against President Vladimir Putin and exposed alleged corruption in his government.
foxnews.com (27 days ago)
The trial has resumed in the case against a Russian opposition leader who led protests against President Vladimir Putin and exposed alleged corruption in his government.
miamiherald.com (27 days ago)

Anti-corruption activist Alexei Navalny, a vocal Kremlin critic who led some of Moscow's massive 2011-2012 street protests against alleged electoral fraud and the rule of President Vladimir Putin, goes on trial Wednesday in the central Russian city of Kirov. RIA Novosti reporter Marc Bennetts is in Kirov following the case.
rian.ru (1 month and 4 days ago)
KIROV, Russia (AP) — The trial has resumed in the case against a Russian opposition leader who led protests against President Vladimir Putin and exposed alleged corruption in his government.
boston.com (27 days ago)
KIROV, Russia—The trial has resumed in the case against a Russian opposition leader who led protests against President Vladimir Putin and exposed alleged corruption in his government.
denverpost.com (27 days ago)
KIROV, Russia (AP) -- The trial has resumed in the case against a Russian opposition leader who led protests against President Vladimir Putin and exposed alleged corruption in his government....
ap.org (27 days ago)

Alexei Navalny, the Russian opposition leader and anti-corruption campaigner, believes Vladimir Putin personally orchestrated his forthcoming fraud trial in order to remove him from politics.
telegraph.co.uk (1 month and 5 days ago)
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian protest leader Alexei Navalny accused Vladimir Putin on Monday of orchestrating a trial against him on theft charges, and said he was sure he would be found guilty in a campaign to crush the opposition.
reuters.com (1 month and 5 days ago)

Anti-Putin campaigner to be tried on 17 April as tensions mount across Moscow in the wake of last year's protestsA provincial Russian court has announced it will launch the trial of Alexey Navalny on 17 April, in a case widely believed to be targeted at silencing the popular opposition leader.The case against Navalny, one of the loudest critics of Vladimir Putin, threatens...
guardian.co.uk (1 month and 17 days ago)

Alexei Navalny, the charismatic Russian anti-corruption crusader who led protests against President Vladimir Putin’s long rule, will stand trial this week on charges of heading a criminal group that investigators say embezzled 16 million rubles ($500,000) worth of timber from a state-run company in central Russia’s Kirov Region in 2009.
rian.ru (1 month and 4 days ago)
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