G-7 Foreign Ministers Condemn Detention of Navalny and Demand His Release

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and his wife Yulia Navalnaya are seen on board a plane before the departure for Moscow at an airport in Berlin on Jan. 17, 2021. Maria Vasilyeva/Reuters

The foreign ministers of the Group of Seven (G-7) states and the European Union’s top diplomat condemned the arrest of Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny, and expressed their concern over the detention of protesters that were demanding the freeing of Navalny.

The diplomats called on Russia to immediately and unconditionally release Navalny.