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Putin Critic in Graft Trial Could Face 10-Year Sentence
Prosecutors on Friday said they would seek a 10-year prison sentence for Aleksei A. Navalny, Russia’s most prominent critic of President Vladimir V. Putin, on embezzlement charges that critics say are intended to crush the opposition. At a courtroom in central Moscow, prosecutors accused Mr. Navalny and his brother, Oleg, of stealing almost $500,000 from two firms, one of which is an affiliate of the French cosmetics company Yves Rocher. Prosecutors...
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