Kremlin critic Navalny is free again, and vows he won't be intimidated

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MOSCOW — Leading Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny was released Friday after spending 15 days in custody and vowed that he and his supporters will not be intimidated by the slaying of a top Kremlin critic.

Navalny, the driving force behind the 2011-2012 mass protests in Moscow, said the killing of opposition leader Boris Nemtsov will not lead him to scale down his campaign against President Vladimir Putin's government.

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"This act of terror hasn't achieved its goal, it will not frighten me or my comrades," Navalny said after his release. "We will not reduce our efforts, we will not step back." Read more...

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