Return of Alexeï Navalny in Russia: it "has a rather formidable power of nuisance"

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Russian opponent Alexeï Navalny.

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By: Florent Guignard

7 min

Russian opponent Alexei Navalny returns to Russia today, five months after his poisoning by the Russian secret services.

Several hundred of his supporters have promised to come and greet him at Moscow airport despite warnings from the authorities.

Alexeï Navalny is threatened with being arrested as soon as he gets off the plane.

Clémentine Fauconnier, lecturer in political science at the University of Haute-Alsace, specialist in Russia, answers Florent Guignard's questions.

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