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Russia’s Alexei Navalny faces court after hunger strike, lashes President Vladimir Putin
Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny has denounced Russian President Vladimir Putin as a “naked, thieving king”, while facing court via video link after his hunger strike.
Key points:
- Mr Navalny faced the appeal hearing after being found guilty of defaming a World War II veteran
- His campaign offices will dissolve, as authorities look to ban it as “extremist”
- The Russian opposition leader said he looked like “a dreadful skeleton”
His remarks as he on a blurry video screen, looking skeletal, came amid new legal pressure on Mr Navalny and his movement.
Allies said he faced new criminal charges and they had been forced to disband his network of regional campaign offices, which the authorities are seeking to ban as “extremist”.
Mr Navalny, his…
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