RUSSIA: Opposition leader Navalny released from jail
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been released after spending 15 days in jail over a rally he led against alleged massive corruption by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. The anti-corruption campaigner was arrested on March 26 at the largest unauthorised demonstration of recent years in Moscow and found guilty of disobeying police orders. “Hi everyone,” […]
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been released after spending 15 days in jail over a rally he led against alleged massive corruption by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.
The anti-corruption campaigner was arrested on March 26 at the largest unauthorised demonstration of recent years in Moscow and found guilty of disobeying police orders.
“Hi everyone,” Navalny wrote on Twitter, posting a picture of himself at the offices of his anti-corruption foundation.
Just before his release when his sentence ran out at precisely 11:28 GMT, police moved Navalny without warning to a different detention centre, in an apparent attempt to avoid media coverage.