### [2021-08-11](/feed/2021/08/11/index.md)

##### Alexei Navalny
# A court in Russia opens a criminal investigation into Alexei Navalny, who is already serving a 2 and a half year sentence for parole violations. The move comes one day after another court opened a criminal investigation into Navalny's allies Leonid Volkov and Ivan Zhdanov. 

Russian authorities announced a new criminal charge against Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny on Wednesday, the latest move in a crackdown ahead of September's parliamentary election that could add as much as three years to his prison term.


### Sources:

1. [Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/navalny-faces-new-criminal-charges-over-anti-corruption-foundation-say-russian-2021-08-11/) [Image](https://www.reuters.com/resizer/HDFfJI_7-q8P8ZsekWjzdKOi83A=/800x419/smart/filters:quality(80)/cloudfront-us-east-2.images.arcpublishing.com/reuters/HP5UO2SE4NM3NN6KZYQ4YYHQXQ.jpg)

### Changes:

1. A court in Russia opens a criminal investigation into Alexei Navalny, who is already serving a 2 years and a half sentence for parole violations. The move comes one day after another court opened other criminal investigations into Navalny's allies Leonid Volkov and Ivan Zhdanov.  _2021-08-12 01:06:31 (First version)_
1. A court in Russia opens a criminal investigation into Alexei Navalny, who is already serving a 2 and a half year sentence for parole violations. The move comes one day after another court opened a criminal investigation into Navalny's allies Leonid Volkov and Ivan Zhdanov.  _(Current version)_

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