‘No let up’, Kremlin critic vows on release

Opposition leaders face tough task in wake of Nemtsov’s killing

Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny walked out of a Moscow detention centre and promised that Russia’s opposition will continue to challenge president Vladimir Putin, undeterred by last week’s killing of prominent opposition figure Boris Nemtsov.

Navalny and other opposition leaders face a tough task getting their message out beyond Russia’s small urban middle-class, especially as they are largely kept off state media and often quarrel among themselves.