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Alexei Navalny vows to fight on, as he faces another decade in jail with new trial
- Investigators accuse the Kremlin critic of stealing for personal use more than US$4.7 million in donations that were given to his political organisations
- The closed-door hearing on fresh fraud charges is being held inside the maximum-security prison in Pokrov, some 100km (60 miles) east of Moscow
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Imprisoned Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny said Tuesday he would keep challenging Russia’s leadership during the opening of a new fraud trial that could extend his jail term by more than a decade.
Navalny appeared at the beginning of the hearing via video link wearing a prison uniform and flanked by guards at the makeshift court inside his penal colony, smiling and embracing his wife.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said the new case was “incompatible” with the rule of law, speaking during a press conference with Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Moscow.
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The 45-year-old opposition leader has already been behind bars for a year, after surviving a poison attack he blames on the Kremlin.

He is serving out a 2½-year sentence on old embezzlement charges, but the fresh charges could see his time behind bars significantly extended.
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