Putin, Allies Threatened With Jail as Navalny to Seek Presidency

Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny, who faces three criminal cases, pledged to compete for the presidency and threatened to “do everything” to imprison Vladimir Putin and his billionaire allies if he seizes power.

“I want to become president,” Navalny said in an interview late yesterday on Rain Television, an independent Russian channel that broadcasts via the Internet and satellite networks. “I want to change life in the country, change the system of the country’s governance.”