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Title: Putin foe Alexei Navalny opens presidential campaign office (AP)
Post by: TomSea on February 06, 2017, 05:06:34 am

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Putin foe Alexei Navalny opens presidential campaign office
Published February 04, 2017 Associated Press
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In this handout photo provided by Alexei Navalny press service Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, right, his former colleague Pyotr Ofitserov, left, and lawyer Svetlana Davydov, second left, sit in a courtroom in Kirov, Russia, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017. A retrial of Alexei Navalny for alleged embezzlement continues in the provincial city of Kirov after the original 2013 guilty verdict was overturned by the Supreme Court. (Alexei Navalny Press Service via AP)  (The Associated Press)

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia –  Alexei Navalny, Russia's most prominent opposition figure, has opened his first regional office for a presidential bid, despite an imminent court verdict that could bar him from running.

Short article, see link for the rest: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/02/04/putin-foe-alexei-navalny-opens-presidential-campaign-office.html

I doubt if he stands much of a chance but, these are the kinds of people who may one day run Russia; and they are totally different than whom is in the Kremlin.

Title: Re: Putin foe Alexei Navalny opens presidential campaign office (AP)
Post by: geronl on February 06, 2017, 05:37:06 am

An opposition candidate is a "foe", a demeaning term.