Alexei navalny
Putin denies he owns 'palace' as Navalny aides urge fresh rallies
Navalny's report - his most-watched anti-corruption probe by far - claims the property is worth $1.35 billion and features everything from an underground ice...
The investigation, published on the opposition figure's blog with an accompanying two-hour YouTube video recorded before his return to Russia, claims the property cost $1.35 billion and was paid for "with the largest bribe in history".
Police seized Alexei Navalny, President Vladimir Putin's most prominent opponent, at a border control post at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport on Sunday.
President Vladimir Putin's most vocal critic was still waiting to see his lawyer hours after being taken away at border control following a flight from Germany where he was recovering after a near-deadly poisoning attack.
Navalny was detained at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport less than an hour after he flew in from Germany, where he had been recovering from the poisoning with a nerve agent he says was ordered by President Vladimir Putin.
Navalny has been in Germany since late August after he collapsed on a flight from Siberia to Moscow and was flown to Berlin by medical aircraft.
The opposition leader has been recovering in Germany from a poisoning attack.
Vladimir Putin is no doubt quaking in his pants at the prospect of boxer-brandishing protesters at the gates of the Kremlin.
Navalny said the Russian authorities' 'hysterical reaction' only proved their guilt.
Germany, France and Britain have accused Russian authorities of 'involvement and responsibility' in the poisoning of Kremlin critic Navalny with Novichok, a Soviet-designed nerve agent.
Ambassadors from the 27 EU countries approved sanctions after France and Germany proposed measures last week, saying Russia was responsible for the poisoning.
Navalny was medically evacuated to Germany in late August after falling ill on a plane and spending several days in a Siberian hospital.
Earlier Thursday, the speaker of Russia's lower house of parliament also accused the "shameless" opposition leader of working for Western security services and claimed Alexei Navalny owed his life to Vladimir Putin.
Navalny was evacuated to Berlin for treatment after he collapsed in August while on a flight from Tomsk to Moscow after a campaign trip to support opposition candidates in local elections.
The 44-year-old Kremlin critic and anti-corruption campaigner fell ill after boarding a plane in Siberia last month and was hospitalised there before being flown to Berlin. He spent 32 days in the Berlin hospital, including 24 days in intensive care, before his release.
The 44-year-old Kremlin critic posted a photo of himself walking downstairs on Instagram and described how earlier symptoms had included the inability to form words.
Taking to social media for the first time after he fell seriously ill in Siberia on 20 August, Navalny posted a picture, appearing with his wife and two children in the Berlin hospital where he was flown for treatment.
The 44-year-old Kremlin critic and anti-corruption campaigner fell ill after boarding a plane in Siberia last month and was hospitalised there before being flown to Berlin.
The 44-year-old Kremlin critic and anti-corruption campaigner fell ill after boarding a plane in Siberia and was hospitalised there before being flown to Berlin.