Friday, July 27, 2012

Russian blogger strikes at Putin with data release...

A feud between one of Russia’s top law enforcement officials and the opposition leaders his agency has pursued took a twist on Thursday after a blogger turned the tables on him, publishing documents alleging he had undeclared business interests abroad.

According to the documents, Alexander Bastrykin, the head of the Investigative Committee of the Prosecutor’s office, equivalent to the US Federal Bureau of Investigation, owned a business in the Czech Republic and was granted long-term residence in Prague.

The Czech interior ministry confirmed on Thursday the authenticity of a document on the blog site which said that Mr Bastrykin had been granted long-term residence in the Czech Republic from Feb 2007 to Feb 2009, for purposes of being the manager of a company. Mr Bastrykin has held his law enforcement post in Russia since June 2007.

Documents detailing the accusations were posted by Alexei Navalny, an anti-corruption blogger who has emerged as a leader of the nascent opposition to Vladimir Putin, president, and whose blogging and outspoken leadership of the opposition has landed him a stint in jail. Full story...

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