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- Five months after being poisoned in Siberia, Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny has returned to Russia.
- The plane was diverted and landed at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport about three hours after takeoff in Berlin.
- In Moscow, Navalny must await his arrest. Navalny is currently being accompanied by numerous media, with live broadcasts broadcasting the events online.
Originally, the Pobeda airline plane was supposed to land at Vnukowo Airport, southwest of Moscow, where numerous fans had gathered to greet it.
Navalny is currently at the exit of Sheremetyevo airport. He is accompanied by numerous journalists. They broadcast the events live on social media. ARD is also there with a live broadcast:
The 44-year-old man is accompanied by his wife Julia Navalnaja and his employees, as can be seen in the photos on social networks.
Legend:
Kremlin critic Alexej Navalny and his wife Julia Navalnaja on the plane from Berlin to Moscow.
Reuters
Hundreds of OMON counterterrorism policemen also took up positions at Moscow’s Wnukovo airport, where Navalny was originally supposed to land. Several prisoner vans were parked in front of the building and several arrests were made.
The leader of the opposition, Navalny, had asked his followers to meet him at the airport. The Moscow prosecutor threatened consequences.
Legend:
Security forces stand guard at Moscow’s Wnukovo airport. Kremlin critic Navalny will land here for the night.
Reuters
The Russian judiciary has put Navalny on the hunt, which is why the Kremlin chief’s opponent, Vladimir Putin, can expect his arrest. It is said that he violated probation conditions in previous criminal proceedings.
His return to Russia is great political cinema, writes SRF correspondent David Nauer on Twitter. The peak audience is “Navalny’s greatest asset.”
Navalny recovered in Germany from an attack with the Novitschok neurotoxin, which was banned as a chemical weapon. The attack took place on August 20 in the Siberian city of Tomsk. Navalny had repeatedly blamed Putin and the FSB national secret service for the murder. The head of the Kremlin had always rejected him. Despite the risk of being assassinated or arrested, Navalny declared several times that his place was in Russia and that he wanted to continue his fight against the “Putin system” there.
