(NPR) Kremlin Critic Alexei Navalny Detained After Returning To Russia Following Poisoning

Kremlin Critic Alexei Navalny Detained After Returning To Russia Following Poisoning

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was detained on Sunday upon his arrival in Moscow. He had spent nearly the last five months recovering in Germany after being poisoned in August.



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Kremlin Critic Alexei Navalny Detained After Returning To Russia Following Poisoning

Russian authorities held the country's top opposition leader after he landed in Moscow on a flight from Berlin. Navalny had been gone nearly five months since he was poisoned last August.