After leaving Berlin to return to Moscow, the main Russian opponent Alexeï Navalny was arrested Sunday by the police on his arrival at Sheremetyevo airport.

The United States "strongly" condemned the arrest Sunday of Russian opponent Alexeï Navalny on his return to Russia, several months after his alleged poisoning, according to a statement from US foreign minister Mike Pompeo.

"The United States strongly condemns Russia's decision to arrest Alexei Navalny," Pompeo said in the statement expressing "great concern" and believing "that his detention is the latest in a series of attempts to detain him. silence Navalny and other opposition figures and independent voices who criticize the Russian authorities. "