A hearing against Russian protest leader Alexei Navalny and his associates began in a Moscow court | Democracy, elections and voting at Democracy Chronicles

Moscow (dpa) – A hearing against Russian protest leader Alexei Navalny and his associates began in a Moscow court on Tuesday on a charge that they defamed one of Russia’s richest men, billionaire Alisher Usmanov. Navalny and his Anti-Corruption Foundation have accused Usmanov of paying bribes to Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, a claim that Usmanov has…