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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
Max Hunder

Ukraine and Navalny's allies share 'common enemy', says Kremlin foe

Ivan Zhdanov, top ally of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and director of the Anti-Corruption Foundation, speaks during an interview with Reuters, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Kyiv, Ukraine June 8, 2022. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko

Top Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny will remain in prison as long as Vladimir Putin is in power and Russia's opposition and Ukraine share a "common enemy" in the Russian president, one of Navalny's top lieutenants said.

Ivan Zhdanov, a close ally of Putin's pre-eminent domestic critic, spoke in an interview in Kyiv. He said he had come to Ukraine to see for himself the impact of Moscow's invasion and to be able to report a true picture back to Russians.

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