Alexei Navalny says fight for Russia’s ‘long marathon’

By AFP
September 22, 2021

MOSCOW: Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny said on Tuesday that a fight for a democratic Russia was a long game after the opposition accused authorities of voter fraud during parliamentary polls. In a message from prison, President Vladimir Putin’s top critic praised his supporters’ tactical voting in an effort to weaken the ruling party but said those results had been stolen.

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