Alexei Navalny detained at Moscow airport on arrival
The Putin critic, who was returning to Russia after treatment in Germany for poisoning, will be sentenced later in January
17 January 2021 - 20:55
Moscow — Russian police detained opposition leader Alexei Navalny an outspoken critic of President Vladimir Putin, as he arrived in Moscow after being treated in Germany for poisoning, an arrest that will likely fuel tension with Western nations.
Navalny was met by officers at passport control as he landed in Moscow on an aeroplane from Berlin on Sunday, according to a live video feed on his YouTube channel. The Federal Penitentiary Service said he had been detained for violating the terms of a suspended sentence, state-run Tass reported...
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