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erious challenger to Putin, was effectively eliminated from the 2018 presidential contest after being convicted in a trumped-up embezzlement case.? n Malaysia, opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has twice been convicted and jailed on sodomy charges. Prominent political figures have also been jailed in Belarus,

porter ikhail Khodorkovsky was dispatched to a Rus- sian prison for 10 years for daring to challenge Putin. In 2017, anticorruption campaigner Andrei Navalny, widely regarded as the most serious challenger to Putin, was effectively eliminated from the 2018 presidential contest after being convicted in a tr

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t of Russia's GRU military intelligence." Watchdog group the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons "earlier this month confirmed that Navalny was poisoned by a military-grade Novichok nerve-agent on Aug. 20, when he was campaigning for anti-Putin candidates in elections in Russia's Siberi

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its activities there in recent years as China asserts its territorial claims in the area in conflict with neighbouring countries including Vietnam, Malaysia, the Philippines, Brunei and Taiwan." Taiwanese Jets Demonstrate Readiness To Repel Chinese Attack. Reuters (1/26, Lee) reports, "Armed and ready t

nt crackdown on nationwide protests and its attempts to create a climate of fear." The AP adds Sobol, a "lawyer and politician," told reporters that Navalny's Foundation for Fighting Corruption "and his team's regional offices will continue to operate even amid the `arrests of our followers and allies,

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of Russia's GRU military intelligence." Watchdog group the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons "earlier this month confirmed that Navalny was poisoned by a military-grade Novichok nerve- agent on Aug. 20, when he was campaigning for anti-Putin candidates in elections in Russia's Siberi