MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has opened a fraud case into election funding against financial backers of Alexei Navalny, who stood as Moscow mayor after leading street protests against President Vladimir Putin.
Russia's Investigative Committee said on Friday police were searching addresses in Moscow linked to city politician Konstantin Yankauskas and entrepreneurs Nikolai Lyaskin and Vladimir Ashurkov, who it described as "close acquaintances and fellow fighters" of Navalny, who is held under house arrest.
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