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Russia’s Justice Ministry has branded opposition leader Aleksei Navalny’s nonprofit Anti-Corruption Foundation a “foreign agent” under a 2012 law that was widely criticized by the West for stigmatizing groups with the designation.

Navalny quickly rejected the ministry\’s October 9 announcement, saying Russian authorities fear his foundation (FBK) because of the evidence of corruption it digs up on them.

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