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Russian father-of-five becomes unlikely hero in Navalny case

AFP – Pyotr Ofitserov, a smiley round-faced businessman and father-of-five, kicked a ball in the living room of his Moscow apartment playing with his seven-year-old son. He was enjoying what could be a brief period of freedom after being convicted in July.