Kremlin critic Navalny questioned by investigators, office raided

[World News]

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Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny was questioned on Friday by Russian investigators and his offices were raided by police in what colleagues called an attack on his anti-corruption campaigning. Shortly before noon (0500 ET), Navalny, who led a protest movement from 2011 to 2012 against Vladimir Putin's rule, said on Twitter 12 policemen had escorted him to the investigators' offices. Navalny, 38 is technically under house arrest but has taken an increasingly confrontational course with the Kremlin. The Investigative Committee, which answers directly to Putin, has opened up several criminal cases against Navalny.

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