Aleksei Navalny and the Future of Russia

Published: Jan. 25, 2021, 10:49 a.m.

The Russian activist Aleksei Navalny has spent years agitating against corruption, and against President Vladimir Putin. \nLast summer he was poisoned with a rare nerve agent linked to the Russian state. Last week, after recovering in Germany, he returned to Moscow. He was arrested at the airport, but he managed to put out a call for protest, which was answered in the streets of more than a hundred Russian cities.\nToday, we look at the improbable story of Aleksei Navalny.