A major police device has been put in place for the return of the opponent Alexeï Navalny to Russia -

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The plane with on board the main Russian opponent, Alexeï Navalny, landed this Sunday at Sheremetyevo airport in Moscow, after being baffled from where it was to arrive, according to AFP journalists on board.

Alexei Navalny, who faces immediate arrest upon arrival in Russia by order of justice, was originally scheduled to land at Moscow's Vnukovo Airport, where dozens of his supporters and riot police units awaited him.

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