Jan 2021. Alexei Navalny back in Moscow

Leading Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny has arrived back in Russia where he faces the threat of arrest, just five months after he nearly died after being poisoned with the nerve agent Novichok. Mr Navalny, who announced on Wednesday that he planned to return, said he was “very happy” as he boarded a plane in Berlin bound for Moscow’s Vnukovo Airport on Sunday. It remains to be seen what reception awaits him in Moscow. On Thursday, Russia’s prison service said he faced immediate arrest on his return.