Moscow, Russia — Russian authorities on Friday launched a criminal probe into an ally of Kremlin foe Alexei Navalny after she tried to doorstep the apartment of a man Navalny said took part in his poisoning.
Investigators accused Lyubov Sobol of trespassing “with the use of violence or a threat to use it” after she rang the doorbell of the alleged agent from Federal Security Service (FSB), the country’s main security agency.
The charges carry a maximum penalty of two years in jail.
Sobol was initially taken in for questioning as a witness in the probe, but later Friday Navalny ally Ivan Zhdanov said she became a suspect in the case.
“Lyubov Sobol is now officially a sus…
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