Alexey Navalny to Return to Russia This Week Despite Prison Threat
- Opposition leader tells allies to meet him at Moscow airport
- Navalny is in Germany after poisoning he blames on Kremlin
Alexey Navalny
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Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny, who’s been recovering in Germany from a nerve-agent attack he blames on the Kremlin, issued a challenge to President Vladimir Putin by announcing he’s coming back to Moscow Sunday.
Navalny, facing threats of jail by authorities if he enters Russia, called on supporters to meet him at one of the capital’s airports in an Instagram video post Wednesday.