Russian oppn leader detained upon arrival from Germany

Moscow, Jan 18 : Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was detained upon his arrival in Moscow from Germany, where he received medical treatment after he was allegedly poisoned last year.
In a statement on Sundat, Russia’s Federal Penitentiary Service said its officers detained Navalny at the Sheremetyevo International Airport for his “systematic violations of the conditions of the probationary period”, Xinhua news agency reported.
The opposition figure on probation was put on a wanted list on December 29, 2020 and he will remain in detention until a court ruling, the service said.
Meanwhile, top European Union (EU) officials expressed concerns over Navalny’s detention, TASS News Agency reported.
“The detainment of Alexey Navalny upon arrival in Moscow is unacceptable. I call on Russian authorities to immediately release him,” European Council President Charles Michel stated on Twitter.
“We ask the Russian authorities for his immediate release. We are ready to invite him to the European Parliament,” European Parliament President David Sassoli said in a tweet.