Russia’s top election official says Aleksei Navalny is almost certain to be barred from running in a March 2018 presidential election, citing a criminal conviction the opposition leader contends was engineered by the Kremlin to make him less of a political threat.
RFE/RL: Russian elections chief says ‘practically no chance’ Navalny can get on presidential ballot
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny speaks after a hearing in a court in Moscow, late on June 12.
