Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny to fly back to Russia despite arrest threat

17-1-2021 In-Cyprus In-Cyprus Cool

Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny to fly back to...

Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny is due to fly back to Russia later today for the first time since he was poisoned last summer, despite the authorities’ stated desire to arrest him and potentially jail him for years.

Navalny, one of President Vladimir Putin’s most prominent domestic critics, announced his decision to return from Germany on Wednesday, saying he missed Moscow and was not interested in what he called new fabricated criminal cases against him.

A day later, the Russian capital’s prison service said it would do everything to arrest him once he returned, accusing him of flouting...

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Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny to fly back to Russia despite arrest threat

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