Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny arrested upon returning to Moscow

Published January 17, 2021 6:33pm ET



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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