Miriam Elder

Guardian

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Moscow correspondent for the Guardian

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Russia's most popular dissident, Alexei Navalny, has called President Vladimir Putin the country's "main thief."

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Russia's most popular dissident, Alexei Navalny, has called President Vladimir Putin the country's "main thief."

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