Corruption

Navalny Launches New Lawsuit Against Russian Prosecutor General

Russian opposition leader and head of the Anti-Corruption Foundation Alexei Navalny plans to file another lawsuit against Russia's Prosecutor General Yury Chaika, with opposition-leaning Novaya Gazeta newspaper acting as Chaika's "technical co-defendant."

"This time we are going to the Basmanny [district] court, which has not processed our lawsuits before," Navalny wrote in his blog on Monday.

This lawsuit is one of many attempts that Navalny has made to sue Chaika for defamation. Several Moscow courts refused to register his earlier lawsuits, giving various reasons for their refusals.

In December 2015 Navalny's Anti-Corruption Foundation released "Chaika," an investigative film that accused Chaika's family members, including his two sons, of being involved in shady business deals and various illegal activities.