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Russian President Vladimir Putin in an interview with NBC explained why the opposition politician Alexei Navalny was in prison.
“Twice a person was sentenced to probation. In fact, it was just a warning not to violate the legislation in force in Russia, ” Putin said, adding that in the end, the court changed his measure of restraint to detention.
Putin also stressed that if someone is hiding behind political activities in order to solve their own affairs, including commercial ones ,then ” you need to answer for it accordingly.”