INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny on Wednesday called on French voters to support incumbent President Emmanuel Macron in the second round
of the presidential vote this weekend, accusing his far-right opponent Marine Le Pen's party of links to President Vladimir Putin."I
certainly, without hesitation, urge the people of France to vote for Emmanuel Macron on April 24," Navalny said on Twitter, posting both in
included a shadowy political part as well," 45-year-old Navalny said."This is corruption
a number of reasons."I'm in jail due to a criminal complaint by a French company," he said, referring to French cosmetics company Yves
Rocher.In 2014, a Russian court found Navalny guilty of defrauding the Russian subsidiary of Yves Rocher in a ruling later declared
serve jail time."I will root for France, the French, and @EmmanuelMacron," Navalny said on Twitter.In 2020, Navalny survived a poisoning
attack with Novichok, a Soviet-designed nerve agent, he blames on the Kremlin.Last month a Russian court found him guilty of new charges of
embezzlement and contempt of court and extended his sentence to nine years in a higher security prison.Navalny and his team have published
videos about the wealth of Russian elites, garnering millions of views on YouTube.
