Jailed Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny, on trial on extremism charges that could see him imprisoned for decades, on Tuesday (Jun 27) wondered wryly why he was a greater threat to Russia than the mercenaries who had launched an armed mutiny. In tweets posted by his aides, Navalny said he had been allowed no r
Jailed Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny, on trial on extremism charges that could see him imprisoned for decades, on Tuesday wondered wryly why he was a greater threat to Russia than the mercenaries who had launched an armed mutiny.
"Instead the prosecutor came in and we continued the trial in which I stand accused of forming an organisation to overthrow President Putin by violent means," Navalny said. Navalny rose to prominence by lampooning President Vladimir Putin's elite and alleging vast state corruption, and says his war has inflicted pain on millions of innocent Ukrainians.
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