On Monday 18 January, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, speaking on behalf of the EU, condemned the arrest of Russian political opponent Alexei Navalny the day before and called for his immediate release.
Arrested when he got off the plane in Moscow on 17 January, after several months of treatment in Germany following an attempted murder by poisoning (see EUROPE B12573A4), Mr Navalny was placed in pre-trial detention on...