Kremlin Critic Bill Browder Is Released in Spain After Interpol Intervenes
- Spanish police release him about an hour after arrest
- Browder had tweeted the news from a Spanish police car
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Hermitage Capital Management founder Bill Browder was released after a brief detention by Spanish police on a Russian arrest warrant in what may be the latest move by Moscow to undermine his global campaign against the Kremlin over human-rights abuses.
Police let him go about an hour after his arrest Wednesday at his hotel in Madrid. Browder said on Twitter the Interpol general secretary had advised Spanish authorities to ignore the arrest warrant.