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Imprisonment of Top Critic Too Brazen for Even Putin to Get Away With
Maggie Lange · 07/19/13 09:06AMPutin's No. 1 Critic Imprisoned for "Embezzlement"
Maggie Lange · 07/18/13 08:38AMThe Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been jailed for five years for supposedly embezzling from a timber company. Navalny has denied these allegations and claims that the trial and jailing were politically motivated. His supporters and foreign dignitaries also contend these are trumped-up charges.