Russian Anti-Putin Protest Leader Navalny Faces New Fraud Probe
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Russia opened a fourth criminal case against Alexey Navalny, an anti-corruption blogger who helped lead the biggest protests of President Vladimir Putin’s 13-year rule.
Navalny and his brother are suspected of organizing a 3.8 million-ruble ($120,000) fraud involving mail deliveries in 2008, according to a statement posted today on the Investigative Committee’s website.