Update: Navalny reported Wednesday morning that he had been allowed to leave the country after paying a 2.1 million ruble court fine that had formally barred him from leaving Russia. The activist insists that he had not been informed of the fine when it was posted on Nov. 9 and has vowed to sue the Federal Court Marshals Service over what he called "illegal actions."





Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny reported that border guards in Moscow barred him from leaving Russia early on Tuesday as he prepared to board a plane to attend a European court hearing in Strasbourg.



The anti-corruption activist was released in October after serving two consecutive administrative sentences on charges of staging illegal protests.