Russia brushes off calls to release opposition leader Alexei Navalny
Alexei Navalny is escorted handcuffed after a court hearing in Moscow. Picture: AP/Pavel Golovkin
Russia has brushed off calls from US and European officials to release opposition leader Alexei Navalny after he was detained on his return to the country.
The Kremlin described the detention of Mr Navalny, who was arrested after returning from Germany following treatment for nerve agent poisoning, as “an absolutely internal matter”.
