The Russian activist Aleksei Navalny has spent years agitating against corruption, and against President Vladimir Putin. Last 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. Today, we look at the improbable story of Aleksei Navalny.
The Russian activist Aleksei Navalny has spent years agitating against corruption, and against President Vladimir Putin.
Last 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.
Today, we look at the improbable story of Aleksei Navalny.
Guest: Anton Troianovski, who has been a Moscow correspondent for The New York Times since 2019.
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