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Poisoned Kremlin Critic Says He's Returning to Russia

Charles Maynes

   MOSCOW - Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny announced Wednesday
   he would return to Moscow January 17 -- ending a fourth-month
   convalescence in Germany where he has been recovering from a poisoning
   attack he suffered in Siberia last August.

   The opposition figure's decision to return home comes with built-in
   risks to his continued freedom and safety.

   Navalny insists the August attack was carried out by Russia's Federal
   Security Services on the orders of President Vladimir Putin -- a charge
   the Kremlin has vehemently and repeatedly denied.

   The decision to return also follows a court request by Russia's prison
   authorities earlier this week to jail Navalny for violating the terms
   of a [1]parole agreement dating back to a 2014 suspended sentence.

References

   1. https://mos-gorsud.ru/rs/simonovskij/services/cases/criminal-materials/details/50be1900-54c8-11eb-a38f-d95746f01188

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