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Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny has faced charges of fraud before. (File) Moscow: Russian investigators on Tuesday opened a criminal probe into Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, alleging he used more than 356 million rubles ($4.8 million) of donations to his organisations for personal purposes including holidays abroad. The Investigative Committee, which probes major crimes, said in a statement that the money was part of more than 588 million rubles Navalny had raised "exclusively" for his non-profit organisations, including the Anti-Corruption Fund. The committee said Navalny used the money to a...

The charge carries a penalty of up to 10 years in prison. Mr Navalny, 44, is currently recovering from a poisoning attempt in Germany. He has said he will return to Russia once his health is restored. In August, the Kremlin critic fell violently ill during a flight from Siberia to Moscow and was hospitalised in the city of Omsk before being transferred to Berlin by medical aircraft. Alexei Navalny is recovering from his poisoning in Berlin. Instagram Experts in several Western countries concluded that he was poisoned with the Soviet-era Novichok nerve agent, a claim that Moscow has repeatedl...

Navalny, 44, is currently recovering from a poisoning attempt in Germany

Text size Russian investigators on Tuesday opened a criminal probe into Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, alleging he used more than 356 million rubles ($4.8 million) of donations to his organisations for personal purposes including holidays abroad. The Investigative Committee, which probes major crimes, said in a statement that the money was part of more than 588 million rubles Navalny had raised "exclusively" for his non-profit organisations, including the Anti-Corruption Fund. The committee said Navalny used the money to acquire "personal property (and) material assets and to pay expens...

Russian state investigators say they have opened a new criminal case against Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny, accusing him of fraudulently spending more than 356 million rubles ($4.8m) of public donations to organisations he controls on his personal needs, including holidays abroad. The Investigative Committee, which probes major crimes, said in a statement on Tuesday the money was part of more than 588 million rubles Navalny had raised “exclusively” for his non-profit organisations, including the Anti-Corruption Fund. “In this way, the funds collected from citizens were stolen,” the co...