The trial of a leading Russian opposition activist on embezzlement charges reopened Wednesday, as two international human rights groups accused President Vladimir Putin of launching an assault on Russian civil society since returning to the Kremlin in May 2012.

The trial of Alexei Navalny, an anti-corruption blogger who helped organize a series of anti-Kremlin protests, resumed in the northern Russian city of Kirov. He is accused of stealing assets worth about $500,000 from a state timber … [Read More]

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Source: VOA News: War and Conflict