Russia’s opposition leader Navalny plans to run for president in 2018

Russia’s opposition leader Navalny plans to run for president in 2018
Alexei Navalny. (Reuters)
Updated 13 December 2016
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Russia’s opposition leader Navalny plans to run for president in 2018

Russia’s opposition leader Navalny plans to run for president in 2018

MOSCOW: Russia’s opposition leader Alexei Navalny plans to run for president in 2018, he said in a statement on Tuesday.
Last month, Russia’s Supreme Court struck down a lower court’s decision to hand Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny a suspended five year sentence.