Biden national security advisor calls for Russia to immediately release detained Putin critic

President-elect Joe Biden’s incoming national security advisor, Jake Sullivan, called for Russian authorities to immediately release Alexei Navalny.
Navalny, a top opposition leader, was detained in Moscow after returning to Russia from Berlin.
Sullivan’s call for Navalny’s release comes days before Biden is sworn into office.
In the wake of Navalny’s poisoning last year, Biden vowed “to work with our allies and partners to hold the Putin regime accountable for its crimes.”