Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber | Alexei Navalny has tapped into discontent among the urban middle class with fiery speeches and Western-style campaigning -AFP photo
MOSCOW: Anti-corruption campaigner Alexei Navalny shot to the head of Russia’s opposition as one of the leaders of the biggest protests against Vladimir Putin’s rule, drawing the wrath of the authorities.
The clean-cut lawyer, 40, has spent time under house arrest and seen his brother jailed in a string of cases he has denounced as retribution for challenging the Kremlin and exposing the vast wealth of Putin’s inner circle.
Late last year, in his most ambitious move yet, he announced he …read more
Source: The Borneo Post
