Russian Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny out of Moscow prison, Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny has been released from prison after serving a 15-day sentence for handing out leaflets to promote a protest rally.
The Russian opposition leader vowed not to "step back" as he left detention a week after the killing of another opposition figure, Boris Nemtsov.
The 1 March rally for which Navalny was leafleting instead became a mourning march for Mr Nemtsov.
Navalny says the legal cases against him are politically motivated.
Last year he and his brother Oleg were found guilty of stealing 30m roubles ($462,000;£300,000) from two companies.
Oleg was given a three-and-a-half-year jail sentence, while Navalny received a suspended sentence that prosecutors say they will appeal against.Read More
The Russian opposition leader vowed not to "step back" as he left detention a week after the killing of another opposition figure, Boris Nemtsov.
The 1 March rally for which Navalny was leafleting instead became a mourning march for Mr Nemtsov.Navalny says the legal cases against him are politically motivated.
Last year he and his brother Oleg were found guilty of stealing 30m roubles ($462,000;£300,000) from two companies.
Oleg was given a three-and-a-half-year jail sentence, while Navalny received a suspended sentence that prosecutors say they will appeal against.Read More
