Russian opposition leader Navalny faces 20 more years behind bars

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny faces trial again on Friday to hear whether he has been found guilty of a series of extremism charges that could see him spend 20 more years behind bars. He is already serving a nine-year sentence in a maximum-security prison for “embezzlement”, a charge that his supporters say was trumped […]

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