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Navalny faces court that may jail him for years
https://www.localmemphis.com/mobile/article/news/nation-world/navalny-faces-court-that-may-jail-him-for-years/507-940c552d-2a9d-43ce-91fb-bef89551ddcfNavalny is an anti-corruption investigator who is President Vladimir Putin’s most prominent critic. He was arrested Jan. 17 upon returning from Germany.
Author: DARIA LITVINOVA and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press
Published: 5:30 AM CST February 2, 2021
Updated: 5:30 AM CST February 2, 2021
MOSCOW, Russia — Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny faced a court hearing Tuesday that could end with him being sent to prison for years and fuel more protests against the Kremlin.
The 44-year-old Navalny, an anti-corruption investigator who is the most prominent critic of President Vladimir Putin, was arrested Jan. 17 upon returning from Germany, where he spent five months recovering from a nerve-agent poisoning that he blames on the Kremlin. Russian authorities deny the charge and claim, despite tests by several European labs, that they have no proof he was poisoned.
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