Navalny Released; Detained Twice in Two Months

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was released from jail Sunday after three weeks behind bars for organizing anti-Kremlin protests, his second spell in detention in as many months. The 42-year-old activist left a detention center in the south of Moscow early in the morning and spoke briefly to journalists before leaving in a waiting car. “Over the 50 days I have been in jail we have seen yet more evidence that this regime is in complete decline,” he said, referencing recent...

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