Moscow 'illegally' holding Navalny, denying lawyer access: Foundation

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny arrives in Moscow. Credit: Reuters Photo

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is being held by police "illegally" and denied access to a lawyer, his foundation said Monday, after he was detained at a Moscow airport on arrival from Germany.

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"Navalny is a Russian citizen. He was illegally detained. Lawyers are not allowed to see him," his Anti-Corruption Foundation wrote on Twitter, the morning after he returned from Germany where he was recovering from nerve agent poisoning.

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