A protester was arrested today (January 23) outside the Russian Embassy in London where demonstrators gathered to call for the release of opposition leader Alexei Navalny.

Navalny, who survived a near-fatal nerve agent attack last August, was detained soon after his plane landed in Moscow last Sunday.

Activists have gathered outside Russian Embassy in London to protest Navalny's jail sentence.

Mr Navalny - survivor of a near-fatal nerve agent attack last August - was detained soon after his plane landed in Moscow on Sunday. Despite the risk, he insisted on returning to Moscow from Berlin, to continue his anti-corruption campaign against President Vladimir Putin. Mr Navalny is accused of violating the terms of a suspended sentence he received for embezzlement - a case he rejects as fabricated in order to silence him.