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. | Reuters
“While listening to how the ACF are extremists who are dangerous for the country, I read about how one group of Russian troops ‘took positions on the Oka river’ to defend themselves against another group of Russian troops.
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. “It wasn’t the West or the opposition that shot down Russian helicopters over Russia. It wasn’t the ACF that brought Russia to the brink of civil war,” he said.
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