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New criminal case initiated against Alexey Navalny

A new criminal case has been initiated against Russian opposition politician Alexey Navalny, the man himself says on Twitter. Navalny has received a legal notice stating he is accused of calls for terrorism and extremism, financing an extremist organisation, and rehabilitation of Nazism.

According to the investigation, all of these crimes have been committed by Navalny while in a penal colony.

“You all thought I had been isolated in prison for two years, but it turns out I was actively committing crimes. Luckily, the Investigative Committee was vigilant and didn't miss a thing. I received an official notification that a new criminal case was opened against me due to the fact that I, while in prison:

- Promoted and called for terrorism

- Publicly called for extremism

- Financed extremist activities

- Rehabilitated Nazism,” Navalny writes.

The propaganda of Nazism he is accused of, Navalny continues, is the fact that his associate Leonid Volkov said in the video on YouTube channel Popular Politics that "Colonel Stauffenberg was right to try to kill Hitler, he must have been killed.”

“Everything else follows the same line,” Navalny concludes.

The politician is currently serving time in the Vladimir region’s Melekhovo penitentiary. On 11 October, he reported to have been sent to solitary confinement for the sixth time — “for refusing to wash the fence”.

On 23 August, presenters of the YouTube channel Popular Politics created by Navalny’s team said that they had become figures of interest in criminal cases on “fake news” about the Russian army and justifying terrorism.

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