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    Kremlin Critic Alexei Navalny Detained After Returning To Russia Following Poisoning

    Russian authorities detained the country's top opposition leader after he landed in Moscow on a flight from Berlin. Navalny had been gone nearly five months since he was poisoned last August.
    by Wynne Davis Jan 17, 2021 2 minutes
    Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was detained on Sunday upon his arrival in Moscow. He had spent nearly the last five months recovering in Germany after being poisoned in August.

    Updated at 8:17 p.m. ET

    Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was detained upon his arrival in Moscow on Sunday after spending nearly five months in Germany while recovering from being poisoned.

    Shortly before his arrest, Navalny made a statement saying the cases against him are

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