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Euronews: Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny starts presidential bid

Published June 11, 2017 at 3:39 pm

Russian opposition leader and anti-corruption blogger Alexei Navalny (C) marches with deminstrators holding Russia's national flags during a memorial march on February 26, in central Moscow, two years after Nemtsov was gunned down just yards from the Kremlin.

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The Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has opened his presidential election campaign office in Perm.

He met local volunteers from the campaign and discussed an upcoming nationwide anti-corruption protest on Monday. The opposition leader plans to open 77 affiliated offices around Russia to push his bid to become president next year.