Alexei Navalny: Russia's charismatic anti-Putin campaigner
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Flying straight into trouble
Russia's leading opposition politician, Alexei Navalny has been the symbol for Russia's anit-Putin movement for a decade and is no stranger to the prison. The lawyer is returning after seeking treatment for a poisoning attack in Siberia.
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With love from Putin?
Navalny was arrested by the police on arrival, which has prompted a wave of condemnation by Western nations who are urging the Kremlin to release the critic. Navalny has insisted that it was on Putin's orders that he was poisoned by a nerve agent in August.
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Leading the way
The activist has led massive protests against vote-rigging and corruption, which has also led to him being attacked on the streets several times. He has also been slapped with numerous legal cases and given suspended sentences that have disqualified him from running in elections.
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He Who Shall Not Be Named
The blogger remains a fringe figure in Russia, as the government-controlled media has protrayed him as a convicted criminal. Putin has also only mentioned him with euphemisms, never directly.
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Can he unite the nation?
Recently, Navalny exposed an FSB agent who admitted to attacking him with the nerve agent. But, even with his anti-corruption stance, Navalny is still not a unifying figure for the opposition and has been criticised for his beliefs. He did score a political success in 2019 because of a "Smart Voting" plan he put forward.