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Fri Mar 13, 2015, 09:20 PM Mar 2015

Russian opposition figure Navalny leaves prison 1 week after assassination of Putin foe Nemtsov



Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny has been freed from jail after 15 days.

He has been released after serving a sentence for handing out leaflets to promote a Moscow protest rally.

This just a week after the murder of Russian opposition figure Boris Nemtsov.

"Our activity will not change in any way," Navalny told reporters. "We will not lessen our efforts, we will not change anything, and in this sense, the act of terror that took place will not achieve its aims."


Read more http://www.euronews.com/2015/03/06/russian-opposition-figure-alexei-navalny-leaves-prison
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