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January 19, 2021

Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny, Who Survived Poisoning, Arrested Upon Return to Russia
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Russian police arrested prominent opposition leader Alexei Navalny at
the Moscow airport as he arrived back in Russia Sunday. Navalny, a vocal
critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, was poisoned last August
with Novichok, a banned military-grade nerve agent. He'd been staying in
Germany after nearly dying. A judge on Monday ordered he be put in
pretrial detention for a month. In response, Navalny released a video
clip urging supporters to protest.

Alexei Navalny: "So I'm calling upon you. Don't be silent. Resist. Take
to the streets. Nobody would protect us but ourselves. But we are so
many that if we want to achieve something, we will achieve it."



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