For Navalny, strange as it sounds, everything is still going according to plan.
The Kremlin's hectic reactions to his return - the sudden diversion of the plane, the severe arrests in Vnukowo, even the access road to Sheremetyevo airport had been temporarily closed by the police - impressively show that Navalny is causing his adversary Vladimir Putin a headache.
Navalny is not as unimportant as the Russian President likes to claim.
With his return, the opposition leader set a trap for the Kremlin.