Russian opposition leader Navalny hospitalized for allergic reaction

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was hospitalized after suffering an acute allergic reaction on Sunday.  Navalny was jailed this week for 30 days for calling for an unauthorized march to protest against the exclusion of several opposition candidates from a local election later this year.

His spokeswoman, wrote on Twitter that he had been hospitalized on Sunday morning with "severe swelling of the face and skin redness." She said the cause of Navalny's allergic reaction was unknown and that he had never suffered from such reactions in the past. The Moscow hospital where Navalny's spokeswoman said he was being treated could not be reached for comment.