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Added on the 17/01/2021 18:19:26 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Police arrests protesters at a demonstration in Moscow in support of prominent Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny. The demonstrations were called by Navalny after he was detained returning to Russia from Germany where he had been recovering from being poisoned with a Soviet-designed nerve agent. IMAGES
Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny is detained at a Moscow airport shortly after he lands on a flight from Berlin. IMAGES
Images show a heavy police presence in Moscow's Vnukovo airport, where leading Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny is due to return from Germany, where he has spent months recovering from a near-fatal poisoning attack last summer. Russia's prison service FSIN says Navalny may face jail time on arrival in Moscow for violating the terms of a 2014 suspended sentence he was handed on fraud charges. Speaking to reporters on the plane, he said he did not fear being arrested on arrival in Moscow. IMAGES
Dozens of people lay flowers at a monument in Moscow to the victims of the Soviet labour camps in a silent tribute to Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny who died in prison. Dozens of police officers patrol the square around the monument following reports of dozens of arrests at similar tributes across Russia. IMAGES
Anti riot police blocks access in Moscow's centre, as thousands of supporters of Alexei Navalny gather of Moscow to protest his detention and back calls for the hunger-striking Kremlin critic to be given proper medical care. IMAGES
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