Five months after FSB security service officers attempted to kill him with a Novichok-class nerve agent (the same type used against British citizens in 2018), Alexei Navalny has returned to Russia. Will he ever leave prison alive?
Perhaps, perhaps not. The opposition journalist was arrested as soon as he reached passport control in Moscow. Held on a probation breach related to embezzlement charges (charges dreamt up by the Kremlin), Navalny will be imprisoned pending a court hearing.
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