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Friday, August 1, 2014

Kremlin critic Navalny's aides say Russian prosecutor wants him arrested

Opposition leader Alexei Navalny sits inside a car after leaving a justice court building in Moscow Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny's aides said on Friday that a Russian prosecutor and the prison service have asked a court to issue an arrest warrant for the anti-corruption blogger on suspicion of violating his house arrest terms. On his Twitter account, which he is banned from using, Navalny's aides said the prison service was seeking his arrest for commenting on the so-called Yves Rocher case in which he is accused of stealing more than 30 million rubles ($840,600) from two companies, one affiliated to the French cosmetics firm. "The Federal Prison Service is soliciting the arrest of Alexei on the grounds (that) he is commenting the case of Yves Rocher and is publishing documents in the case," the Tweet read.




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