Russian opposition politician, Alexei Navalny, who is serving a 19-year sentence, could not be reached for court hearings recently. His lawyers have not heard from him since Dec. 6. The court has suspended all further hearings. The World’s Marco Werman talks with Mikhail Fishman, a Russian journalist and TV anchor for Rain TV, about Navalny’s disappearance, and what it might mean now that Vladimir Putin has announced his candidacy for president.
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