Corruption

Russian Opposition Leader Navalny Links Moscow Prosecutor To Luxury Properties Abroad

Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny sits on a beige couch in his Moscow apartment, clasps his hands and closes his eyes.

"I want to get into the prosecutor's apartment," he says over and over, as blue smoke rises from the floor. There's a loud "zing" — and suddenly Navalny finds himself more than 1,000 miles away, sitting on the couch of a rental vacation home overlooking the picturesque coast of Montenegro.

The gag occurs in the opening minutes of a video that Navalny posted this week, which garnered almost 2.5 million views in its first three days on YouTube. The half-hour investigation alleges that exclusive properties in Montenegro and Spain can be traced to the new prosecutor for the city of Moscow.