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Russian authorities arrest opposition leader Alexei Navalny

MOSCOW, Jan 18 (KUNA) -- Russian authorities arrested the opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, after his return to Moscow from Germany.
The Tass news agency said on Monday that the Russian authorities had arrested Navalny on "violating the conditional release system" after he was sentenced to prison.
The Kremlin critic was traveling home after spending five months in Germany, where he received emergency medical treatment following his poisoning. (end) as.aa