Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalany allowed to leave Russia

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny says he has been able to fly out of Russia after being told he was barred from leaving the country a day earlier.

Navalny was travelling to France to attend a hearing of his case at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg when he was stopped at a Moscow airport on Tuesday and told that he had been barred from leaving Russia because of a bailiff ruling.