Investigators Accuse Navalny of Forging Documents

Russian opposition figurehead Alexei Navalny was accused by investigators on Wednesday of faking documents allowing him to work as an attorney. “Investigators have doubts about the legality of A.Navalny’s receipt of attorney status in 2009,” said Investigative Committee spokesman Vladimir Markin. He said a signature had been faked on a document that Navalny presented to gain attorney status. Navalny has consistently denied any impropriety in relation to his professional qualifications, which have also been questioned by the pro-Kremlin youth group Nashi. “The Investigation Committee has turned into something between [Joseph] Goebbels' hellish machine and the NTV channel,” Navalny wrote in his Live Journal Blog, referring to the head of the Nazi’s propaganda ministry and a pro-Kremlin television channel known for its “exposes” of opposition figures. Meanwhile, the Kirov Region Bar confirmed that Navalny was admitted lawfully in 2009.

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