Alexei Navalny: the man Putin fears

To Russia's anti-government movement, political activist Alexei Navalny is set to star in the biggest show-trial in years.

Kirov, a dilapidated provincial city of muddy potholed roads and crumbling buildings some 900km east of Moscow was famous in the Tsarist era as a place of exile for dissidents and revolutionaries, notes The Independent. Last week, another one rolled into town accompanied by a media circus.

Once described as "the man Vladimir Putin fears most", Alexei Navalny is about to stand trial on charges of corruption. Some believe it's the biggest show-trial in Russia since that of former Yukos boss, Mikhail Khodorkovsky.

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