Alexei Navalny is a Free Man
HOLMES: With applause and hugs, Alexei Navalny is now a free man, for "now," being the emphasis. Navalny is that Russian politician we told you about, one of the biggest irritants to President Vladimir Putin. Yesterday we told you he was sentenced to five years in prison after a trial that pretty much everyone outside of Russia called a sham and many people did as well. He is out of jail today, pending appeal, a surprise to some. Navalny is the loudest and most public figure who accuses president Putin and insiders of corruption calling them crooks and thieves. He's also running for mayor of Moscow. Navalny said he knew all along he'd been arrested to silence him and ruin him politically. We'll be live in Moscow in a few minutes for more on this. The secretary of state, John Kerry, is said to have a formula for reviving peace talks between the Israelis and the Palestinians. He's actually arrived in Ramallah on the West Bank just a short time ago to push his plan. Kerry meeting again with the Palestinian Authority president, you see him there, Mahmoud Abbas. They met yesterday in Jordan before heading back to the West Bank. Terms of Kerry's proposal have been kept secret, but Reuters has quoted an Israeli government official as saying Israel might be ready to give up territory it took in the 1967 war along with other land swaps. For decades, Israel has refused to negotiate that issue. A spokesman for the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, however, later denied plans to negotiate '67 borders as of now.