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Russia’s Navalny says he faces new criminal charges

FILE Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, right, gestures via a video link provided by the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service, as he speaks with Penitentiary Service officers during a court session in Pokrov, Russia, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. Navalny says he is facing new accusations that could extend his current nine-year prison term. Navalny said on Instagram that an investigator visited him in prison to declare that the authorities have opened a new criminal investigation against him on charges of "creating an extremist group to fan hatred against officials and oligarchs" and trying to stage rallies. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File) FILE Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny appears on a video link from prison provided by the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service at Moscow City Court, Tuesday, May 24, 2022. Navalny says he is facing new accusations that could extend his current nine-year prison term. Navalny said on Instagram that an investigator visited him in prison to declare that the authorities have opened a new criminal investigation against him on charges of "creating an extremist group to fan hatred against officials and oligarchs" and trying to stage rallies. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File) FILE - Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny looks at photographers standing in the Babuskinsky District Court in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021. Navalny says he is facing new accusations that could extend his current nine-year prison term. Navalny said on Instagram that an investigator visited him in prison to declare that the authorities have opened a new criminal investigation against him on charges of "creating an extremist group to fan hatred against officials and oligarchs" and trying to stage rallies. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File) FILE Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny looks at a camera while speaking from a prison via a video link, provided by the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service, during a court session in Petushki, Russia, Monday, Jan. 17, 2022. Navalny says that he is facing new accusations that could extend his current nine-year prison term. Navalny said on Instagram that an investigator visited him in prison to declare that the authorities have opened a new criminal investigation against him on charges of “creating an extremist group to fan hatred against officials and oligarchs” and trying to stage rallies. (AP Photo/Denis Kaminev, File)
Russia’s Navalny says he faces new criminal charges