Brother of Russian opposition leader freed after 3.5 years

Oleg (L) and Alexei Navalny were convicted in a 2014 fraud trial related to their work for French cosmetics company Yves Rocher. [AFP]

The brother of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who was jailed for 3.5 years in a fraud case supporters say was politically motivated, was freed Friday after serving his sentence.

Oleg Navalny embraced his wife and then his older brother after leaving a prison camp in the village of Naryshkino, in the Oryol region south of Moscow, an AFP photographer at the scene said.