September 24, 2018 11:55 am | Updated 11:56 am IST - MOSCOW:
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who was recently detained over his participation in an anti-government protest in January 2018, enters a hall inside a court building in Moscow, Russia in this file photo.
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been detained just after being released from jail.
Mr. Navalny’s 30 days in jail for staging an unsanctioned protest ran out early on Monday. A police officer approached him and took him away just as he came out of a detention center in Moscow to be greeted by supporters and the media.
Mr. Navalny has been the driving force behind a recent series of anti-government rallies.
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