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Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny arrested upon returning to Moscow

By Callie Patteson
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Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny arrested upon returning to Moscow

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was arrested after arriving in Moscow on Sunday amid threats from the government.

In December, Russia’s prison service gave the Kremlin critic a Dec. 29 deadline for returning to Moscow from Germany. If he returned after the deadline, Navalny would be jailed.

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