This story originated in VOA’s Russian Service. WASHINGTON – VOA Russian Service’s Danila Galperovich caught up with Leonid Volkov, fundraising chief for prominent Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny, to discuss the recent street protests and mass arrests in Moscow.The interview occurred just hours after Russian officials took the unprecedented step of freezing all financial assets associated with Navalny’s anti-corruption watchdog, Foundation for Fighting Corruption (FBK), which was founded to spotlight the excessively lavish lifestyles of top government and Kremlin officials.In this file photo taken on March 31, 2017, leading associate of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, Leonid Volkov smiles …read more
Source: Voice of America
