Blogger Attacks Putin’s Front

Blogger and lawyer Alexei Navalny wrote in LiveJournal that he had asked legal authorities to investigate the legitimacy of the Russian People’s Front initiated by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. “The members of the People’s Front’s managing bodies have violated federal laws on multiple occasions since the Front’s inception,” Navalny wrote. Navalny contended that taxpayers’ rights are being violated because the Front freely uses the government's financial and technological resources. In particular, Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov covers the Front's activities during his working hours, and there is no evidence that Putin has ever applied for time off to spend on Front matters. Navalny asked the Prosecutor General’s Office to investigate the Front and its leaders, and to order a correction of any violations or to suspend the Front as an illegal association.

http://en.rian.ru/papers/20110623/164794289.html
http://navalny.livejournal.com/597723.html (Navalny's blog, application copy)