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                  Russian Opposition Leader Faces New Charges

   by VOA News

   Russian authorities have opened a third criminal investigation into
   prominent opposition and anti-Kremlin blogger Alexei Navalny.
   The government's Investigative Committee said Monday that Navalny is
   suspected of defrauding a liberal political party of $3.4 million.
   The new charges come less than a week after Navalny and his brother
   were charged with defrauding a mail transport company of $1.8 million.
   The 36-year-old lawyer and protest organizer also faces up to 10 years
   imprisonment on separate charges of theft from a state-owned timber
   company.
   Navalny has denied the charges, calling them a politically motivated
   attempt to stop his opposition activities.

   Some information for this report was provided by AP, AFP and Reuters.
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