11 April 2013

RUSSIA : Dissident Alexei Navalny...On Why Putin Wants Him Convicted.


    The trial of anti-corruption blogger and lawyer Alexei Navalny begins next week in Kirov.
    He is accused of stealing 16 mn rubles...logs and sawdust.
    On the UK Guardian website...Navalny writes about why he believes Putin is going after him...and others.
    He contends that it is a show of pure power...and intimidation.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/apr/11/vladimir-putin-alaexei-navalny-corruption