Kremlin critic Navalny returns to Russia despite arrest threat

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Leading Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny leaves Berlin on a flight bound for Moscow despite threat of arrest

Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny is seen on board a plane before the departure for the Russian capital Moscow at an airport in Berlin, Germany on January 17, 2021.

On the eve of his departure, Navalny thanked the people in Germany, including doctors, police and politicians, whom he met during his five-month stay.Russia's prison service is now saying Navalny may face jail time on arrival to Moscow for violating the terms of a 2014 suspended sentence he was handed on fraud charges.

Several activists in Russia's second city Saint Petersburg, who were travelling to Moscow to greet Navalny, said they were stopped by police at the city's train station and airport.

 

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