Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny detained: spokeswoman

Police detained Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny on Thursday during a raid on the headquarters of his Anti-Corruption Foundation in Moscow. (AFP)

• ‘Alexei has been forcibly detained and led away’
• Searches at his Moscow-based anti-corruption foundation were currently under way

MOSCOW: Russian police on Thursday detained top opposition leader Alexei Navalny as they conducted fresh searches at his Moscow-based anti-corruption foundation, a spokeswoman said.
“Alexei has been forcibly detained and led away,” his spokeswoman Kira Yarmysh said on Twitter. “He did not put up resistance,” she said, adding that searches at the FBK anti-corruption foundation were currently under way.