With Anti-Corruption Drive, Kremlin Adopts Navalny Tactic
16 November 2012 | Issue 5015
When President Vladimir Putin was asked in an interview last month about anti-corruption lawyer Alexei Navalny, he indicated that he thought opposition leaders had achieved little of substance.
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