Russia TV accuses Navalny of CIA contacts

March 20, 2014 21:04

A pro-Kremlin channel accused Russian protest leader Alexei Navalny of taking money from abroad and having contacts with the CIA, in a sensationalist report based on bugged conversations aimed at smearing his reputation as a clean-cut corruption fighter.

The report was broadcast by the NTV channel, owned by state-controlled gas giant Gazprom, yesterday, one day after President Vladimir Putin had warned over a "fifth column" in Russia after its taking of Crimea.

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