MOSCOW: Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny on Tuesday announced he will stand for president in 2018, after a retrial on graft charges he dismisses offered him an opening to run.
In an email sent to supporters, the 40-year-old anti-corruption campaigner and outspoken critic of President Vladimir Putin said: "presidential polls will take place in our country in 2018 and I have decided to take part in them."
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