Kremlin Critic Navalny Faces New ‘Absurd’ Terrorism Charges Carrying Potential Life Sentence

Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny is serving a combined sentence of 11 and a half years for fraud and contempt of court.
Russian authorities view Navalny and his supporters as "extremists" with links to the CIA intelligence agency of the United States.
Navalny's allies deny any connection to the death of military blogger Vladlen Tatarsky, who was killed by a bomb in a St Petersburg cafe.
Navalny is reportedly suffering from a mystery illness in jail, making him lose 8kg (17.6 pounds) in two weeks, and his spokeswoman alleges he is being slowly poisoned.
The new charges could lead to a life sentence and the trial for the extremism case will likely begin before the end of May and will be held behind closed doors.