Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is freed after 50 days in jail for for organising anti-Kremlin protests
- Alexei Navalny has been freed after 50 days in jail for his anti-Kremlin protests
- Mr Navalny, 42, served back-to-back sentence for opposing change in pensions
- Vladimir Putin’s ratings fell after plans to raise eligibility age for state pensions
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been freed after 50 days in jail for organising anti-Kremlin protests.
Authorities have turned up the heat on Vladimir Putin’s chief critic since the president’s ratings tumbled over unpopular pension reforms.
Mr Navalny, 42, served back-to-back sentences for his opposition to plans to raise the eligibility age for state pensions, which is now law.
Outside a detention centre in Moscow yesterday, he said: ‘I think over the 50 days which I spent here, we saw a lot of evidence this regime is in complete decline.’
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny (pictured) has been freed after 50 days in jail
Mr Navalny, 42, was jailed for his anti-Kremlin protests against plans to raise the eligibility age for state pensions
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