Anti-Putin Leader Alexey Navalny Freed After 30 Days in Prison
- Opposition leader had urged support for election protest
- Ban on opposition candidates has revived anti-Kremlin movement
Alexei Navalny on Aug. 23.
Photographer: Vasily Maximov/AFP via Getty Images
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Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny was freed after 30 days in prison for urging supporters to join an unsanctioned election protest.