Five months after surviving an assassination attempt, the Russian opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, returned to Russia on Jan. 18 amid chaotic scenes as cops—some of who were dressed in riot gear—arrested supporters and tried to prevent people entering the airport where their returning hero was scheduled to land.
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Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny sits next to his wife Yulia on a Pobeda Airlines flight from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Moscow on Jan. 17, 2021.
