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Berlin (Germany), Sep 8 (EFE/EPA) - (Camera: Clemens Bilan) Russian dissident Vladimir Kara-Murza gave a press conference together with the president of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) and chairman of the same in the German parliament, Christian Lindner, in the framework of the Navlani case. The FDP invited the Russian dissident to a party meeting to discuss the situation of the Russian opponent Alexei Navalni, admitted to a Berlin clinic after being poisoned in his country.FOOTAGE OF THE PRESS CONFERENCE OF THE LEADER OF THE FDP AND THE RUSSIAN OPPONENT, VLADIMIR KARA-MURZA.
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