Seen from the outside, developments since Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny boarded a Moscow-bound plane in Berlin on Jan. 17 resemble the cruelest, crudest form of slapstick.
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A participant holds a poster with a photo taken by AFP photographer Kirill Kudryavtsev on Jan. 17, 2021, which shows Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny upon arrival at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport, during a demonstration in support of Navalny, who is currently jailed, in front of the Russian embassy in Vilnius, on Jan. 23, 2021.
